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REPORTS 

OF THE 

ADJUTANT GENERAL 

OF THE 

STATE OF KANSAS, 

For the Years 1862, 18C5, 1866, 1867, and 1868. 



INCLUDING THE REPORTS OF THE 

QUARTERMASTER GENERAL 

For the Years ^862, 1865, and 1867, 

AND THE 

REPORTS OF THE KANSAS REGIMENTS 

AT THE 

BATTLE OF SPRINGFIELD, 

AUGUST 10, 1861. 



TOPEKA: 

W. Y. MORGAN, State Printer, 

1902, 



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REPORTS 



UF THE 

ADJUTANT GENERAL ''^^ 



STATE OF KANSAS, AJ|JJ-?.„,,J; 

For the Years 1862, 1865, ISfifi, ISfiT.aiKl 1868. 



INCLUDING THE REPORTS OF THE 

QUARTERMASTER GENERAL 

For the Years 1862, 1865, and 1867. 

AND THE 

REPORTS OF THE KANSAS REGIMENTS 

AT THE 

BATTLE OF SPRINGFIELD, 
AUGUST 10, 1861. 



TOPEKA: 

W. Y. MORGAN, State Printer, 

1902. 



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State of Kansas, 
Adjutant General's Office, 
ToPEKA, April 22, 1902. 

This volume is a reprint of the reports of the Adjutant 
Generals of the State of Kansas, during the years 1862, 
1865, 1866, 1867 and 1868, also the reports of the Quarter- 
master Generals, covering the years 1862, 1865 and 1867. 
The original reports are out of print and existing copies 
are exceedingly rare. This reprint is made with a desire 
to preserve to the State that portion of the history of this 
office that covers the momentous period of the civil war 
and the Indian wars that followed soon after. It is to be 
regretted that the expense of reprinting the voluminous 
report covering the year 1864, cannot be undertaken at 
this time. 

The capitalization and punctuation of the original re- 
ports, though somewhat eccentric, are closely followed, as 
it is desired to reproduce a fac simile of the original text 
as nearly as may be. A few corrections have been made in 
the names of individuals, although no attemjDt has been 
made to correct all errors of this nature. 

For the information of the public, I will state that the 
report covering the year 1862 was the first report issued 
from this office, and that no report was issued for the year 
1863. The report for the year 1864 was voluminous and 
complete and contained the printed rolls of the Kansas 
regiments in the field during that year. 

S. M. FOX, 
Adjutant General. 



THE BATTLE OF SPRINGFIELD, 

AUGUST 10th, 1861. 



OFFICIAL REPORTS. 



Resolved, by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring 

therein : 

That the official report of the Commanders of the First and Sec- 
ond Kansas Regiments of the Battle of Springfield, on the tenth day 
of August, A. D. 1861, with a full list of the killed and wounded, as 
well as the list of the killed and wounded in all the Kansas Regi- 
ments, since the commencement of the war, be printed in the same 
style and form as the Public Documents of this State, and be bound 
with such Documents, ordered by the present Legislature: also Gen. 
J. C. Fremont's Official Report of the Battle of Springfield, and the 
orders permitting the soldiers engaged in the Battle to have the name 
of Springfield on their colors : also, that the Resolution passed by 
the present session of Congress in relation to the death of Gen. 
Lyon, and the Battle of Springfield, be printe d therewith. 

(Note by the Printer.— This order was accompanied by uone of the Docu- 
ments referred to. Letters were addressed, by the Printer, to the Commanders 
of the First and Second Kansas Regiments, to neither of which has any reply 
been received. The report of Lieut. Col. Blair, herewith printed, is from the otli- 
cial document on file in the State Executive office ; the list of killed and wounded 
in the First Kansas, purports to be tlie official report of Adjutant Ed. b. Nash; 
the li<t of the killed and wounded in the Kansas Brigade is obtained, mainly, 
from the Army Correspondence of Rev. H. H. Moore, in the Lawrence licpubhcan, 
no official reports havint; been made public, to our knowledge. >en. J- C. I're- 
mont it is believed, never presented a report of the Battle of Spnngfaeld. it he 
did it has never appeared in public prints. He issued an order thanking the 
troops for their gallantry in the action, ic, to obtain which would cause too 
much delay.) . 

General Fremont made a brief report on August 30th. 1861, transmitting the 
detailed reports of Major J. M. Schofield, A. A. G., Army of the V\ est Major S. D. 
Sturgis, 1st D. S. Cavalry and others. (Vol. Ill, War of the Rebellion, Official 
Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, page 53 et st'y. — Ed. 



FIRST KANSAS REGIMENT. 



OFFICIAL REPORT OF MAJOR J. A. HALDERMAX. 

Headquarters First Regiment Kansas Volunteers, 
RoLLA, Missouri, August 19, 1861. 

To Capt. G. Granger, 

Acting Adjutant General. 
Sir: — The Regimental Commander has the honor to report that, 
after a fatiguing night march of twelve miles, the First Kansas came 
upon the battle field near Springfield, Missouri, on the morning of 

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August 10th, in the rear of tlie First Missouri and Iowa Regiments; 
the former with a battalion of Regular Infantry, having been de- 
ployed as skirmishers. 

Very soon the enemy's outposts were driven in, and Totten's Bat- 
tery took position and opened lire : while the first Missouri was 
closed up in line on the right and in front, where they engaged the 
enemy and maintained their position for some moments under a 
heavy discharge of musketry. 

At this time, by order of Gen, Lyon, the First Kansas moved to 
the front, in double quick, while the right wing and one company 
from the left, under the command respectively of Captains Cheno- 
weth, Walker, Swift, Zesch, McFarland, and Lieutenant McGonigle 
— all under Colonel Deitzler — advanced to a position beyond that 
occupied by the First Missouri ; and here — forming in the face of 
the enemy — engaged a rebel force of four times their own num- 
ber, and held their ground steadfastly under an uninterrupted and 
murderous fire of artillery and infantry. 

The four remaining companies of Capts. Clayton, Roberts, Stock- 
ton and Lieutenant Aguiel — all under command of Major Haider- 
man — having been posted on the right of Totten's Battery as 
support, where they had suffered severely from a constant fire from 
the enemy's lines, were here ordered to the front, where they aligned 
upon the remnant of the six right companies, which had thus far 
borne the brunt of the battle. With but slight and immaterial 
changes of position, the Kansas First occupied this ground for over 
two hours, repulsing or cutting to pieces one regiment after another 
as it was brought to the front. 

While thus employed, Capt. Chenoweth, Capt. Clayton and a 
portion of Capt. McFarland 's Company under Lieutenant Malone, 
were ordered to charge the enemy with their commands, which order 
they executed with great promptness, driving the enemy inside their 
encampment lines at the base of the hill, and returning to the main 
force, when threatened by a flank movement, at their own imminent 
peril, and with considerable loss of life. While leading this charge, 
Col. Deitzler had his horse shot under him and was himself severely 
wounded. About this time the Second Kansas Regiment was 
ordered to the front, but when at a point in rear of that occupied by 
the First Kansas, they were fired upon by the enemy from an am- 
buscade, by which Gen. Lyon was killed and Col. Mitchell severely 
wounded, both of whom were at the head of the column. Here, too, 
many officers and men of the Second were killed and wounded. 
After this, the regiment under Lieut. Col. Blair fell back in order, to 
the brow of the hill, where they formed and at which place the re" 
maining companies of the First Kansas formed upon their left, three 
companies having been posted on the brow of the hill and to the 
right of the Battery. 

After a short cessation of the volley firing, it was recommenced 
by the enemy with great fury and so continued for at least ten 



^is^L^'j FIRST KANSAS REGIMENT. 3 

minutes, when our whole line opened upon them a most destructive 
fire at which they broke, and fled down the hill towards their en- 
campment. 

At this time, by command of Major Sturgis, who throughout the 
engagement, had acted with the utmost courage and self-possession, 
we retired from the field in good order, preceded by the ambulances 
containing our wounded. 

With scarcely any material change of position, the Kansas First 
stood under fire, maintained every ground assigned it, without once 
turning its back to the foe, for the six long hours, during which the 
battle raged. 

With about eight hundred men we marched upon the field — we 
left with barely five hundred. 

The Regimental commander deems it hardly necessary to say 
that all the officers and men of this command fought with a courage 
and heroism rarely, if ever equaled. 

The list of killed, wounded and missing, hereto attached is the 
strongest witness for the valor of the living, as well as for the 
memory of the gallant dead. 

I am Sir, very respectfully Yours, 

JOHN A. HALDERMAN, 
Major First Regiment Kansas Volunteers, Commanding. 



KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING 

OF THE 

FIRST KANSAS REGIMENT. 



OFFICIAL REPORT OF ADJUTANT ED. 8. NASH. 

KILLED. 

Company A. 
James Burke. Geo. N. Devine. 

Wm. Fox. John Longworth. 

Eli Reed. Hugh Randolph. 

Company B. 
2nd Lieut. John W. Dwyer. Bryan Henry. 

Martin Lawler. 

Company C. 
Sergt. James Rogers. Paterick CuUine. 

James Hamilton. A. L. Marshall. 

George Soule, 



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L 1861. 



Company D. 
2nd Lieut. Caleb S. Pratt. 1st Sergt. L. T. Litchfield. 

Isaac Baldwin. Silas Pratt. 

Dr. W. Winters. James Casterline. 



Sergt. T. F. Jolley. 
Joseph Catt. 
Michael Hayes. 
David Nagles, 
Cornelius Murphy. 

1st Lieut. L. L. Jones. 
Gilmore Young. 
Joel Ames. 
N. P. Fairbanks. 
James Mahoney. 
W. Winston. 
Frederick Daub. 



Company E. 

Emmet Benedict. 

E. Donohoe. 
Erasmus McKean. 
Wm. West. 

Company F. 

Corporal Sidney Dudley. 
J. Dollahide. 
G. W. E. Cardwell. 
M. B. Lucas. 

F. Wicker. 

T. C. F. Papielowsky. 



Company G. 
Corporal C. T. Harrison. Benson Bugles. 



Sergt. Michael Flood. 
Corporal James B. Young. 
Corporal Peter Redmond. 
Corporal John Murphy. 
DeWitt C. Johnson. 
James Barrett. 
John Brennan. 
Thomas Dunn. 
Joseph Egan. 
Robert Elliott. 



Corporal Alex. Foshner. 
Francis Beckner. 
Thomas Berne. 
Cfesar Brandt. 
Fred. Boehn. 
Gustavus Eiser. 



Company H. 

Edward Hogan. 
Westley Lane. 
Morris Murphy. 
Patrick Norton. 
Andrew Ramsey. 
Daniel Sullivan. 
J. A. Sweeney. 
Michael Touay. 
Cornelius McGuire. 

Company I. 

Charles Fillneber. 
Peter Killian. 
Conrad Schuechler. 
Herman Sabamer. 
Edward Weigert. 
Charles Walter. 



Company K, 
1st Lieut. Camille Aguiel. William Hunt. 



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FIRST KANSAS REGIMENT. 



WOUNDED. 
Colonel George W. Deitzler. 



Company A. 



Ist Sergt. Frank Drenning. 
3d. Sergt. Thomas Merrick. 
Corporal Jared R. Amsden. 
Alfred Luther. 
Lucius C. Booth. 
Fred. Amerine. 
Joseph Colt. 
Henry Davis. 
Frank M. Tracey. 



Jacob Bowman. 
Michael Connelly. 
Fred. Demming. 
Patrick Lucy. 
Anderson E. Monick. 
Jasper N. Pait. 
Wm. Smart. 
Wm. Palmer. 
Wm. Jacobs, musician. 



Company B. 



Ist Lieut. John P. Alden. 
DeWitt C. Dennison. 
Thomas Hayes. 
Samuel Sutton. 



Bryan Henry. 
Wm. J. Carlisle. 
William Young. 
John Wilson. 



Company C. 



Capt. P. A. McFarland. 
Corporal Paterick Coyne. 
Corporal Deobold Schneider. 

* Philip Ahern. 
Daniel Callahan. 

*Max Dickens. 
Samuel G. Bennet. 
James Bean. 

* William Conoran. 
James Corbit. 
Peter Cassidy. 

* James Dougherty. 

* William Ellis. 
Patrick Gill. 
Francis Gibbony. 
Patrick Cains. 



William Holliday. 
*Ed. A. Livingston. 
*HughO'Neil. 

John O'Rourke. 

* Henry Schwartz. 
*Terrance Tiernan. 

Daniel Mulhattan. 
John McManus. 

* Robert McKewon. 
Hugh Quigley. 
John Rafferty. 

*Owen Sullivan. 
Dennis Sullivan. 
Patrick Spellman. 
John Walsh. 
Martin Gruber. 



Capt. Francis P. Swift. 
Corporal David H. Stewart. 
Corporal L. W. Brenniman. 
Corporal James McMurray. 
Leigh R. Webber. 
Peter Dolan. 
William Moyes. 
Horace Cole. 
James Owen. 



Company D. 

Sergt. Austin R. Mills. 
Corporal Hugh Dunn. 
Corporal F. M. Pickett. 
Frederick Speckleman. 
George Lyberger. 
*T. Benton Collett. 

Lemuel Evans. 
* Robert Harper. 
John Moyes. 



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Company E. 



1st Sergt. Lindsey Knapp. 
John Wiser. 
♦Nicholas Boiloin. 
Robert Boggs. 
Barney Carter. 
Edward Coker. 
John Dixon. 
♦Frank Gunther. 
* Henry Griffin. 

Alexander Innis. 

Valentine Kile. 

Henry Meyer. 

Albert McKean. 
♦Jeremiah O'Donnell. 

James Riley. 

James V. Sullivan. 

John S. Shepherd. 
* Peter Weaver. 



Corporal Charles F. Johnson. 
Adolph Canter. 
Terence O'Brian, musician. 
Timothy Buckley. 
James E. Coleman. 
Joseph Cretin. 
* William Donivan. 

Samuel M. Gruber. 
♦Herman Hawk. 
Thomas Jones. 
George W. Lattin. 
Seth Mount. 
David Nutting. 
Thomas G. Peppard. 
John S. Stevenson. 
Benj. P. Sanberg. 
Frank Wentzel. 
Jerry Sullivan. 

Company F. 



Sergt. Shubal P. Thompson. 
Corporal Fred. W. Paetz. 
John M. Dean. 
Patrick H. Ananny. 
Jacob Arnold. 
John Clary. 

Archibald Cameron. 

Lucius B. Cummings. 

Daniel H. Dow. 

George A. Dickinson. 

Charles F. Fritton. 

Abraham Fultz. 

Michael Freeman. 

Benjamin George. 



Adam Knauber. 
Peter A. Lungren. 
♦Louis B. Reinhart. 
James C. Rosebrook. 
William Ridler. 
John Reheis. 
♦Adam Reinoehl. 

William H. Stone. 

David W. Seagraves. 

Andrew Tinkham. 

John L. Ward. 

J. A. Williams. 

G. L. Graham. 

Frank Wicker. 



Company G. 



Lieut. Hugh D. McCarty. 
Franklin Black. 
Gotleib Hamerith. 
James M. Lowrey. 
James Morrison. 
Henry C. McClelland. 
Charles McCormic. 



William McClatchey. 
Peter H. Rice. 
Henry Tubbs. 
Smith Townsend. 
♦ Charles Wilson. 
Lawson J. Young. 
Lorenzo N. Willis. 



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FIRST KANSAS REGIMENT. 



COMPANT H. 

Lieut James A. McGonigle. Corporal Conrad H. Steinacker. 

James Perry. 
* Lewis G. Sherman. 
Thomas Tyrell. 
James Walsh. 
John Walsh. 
William C. Brown. 
Michael Cavanaugh. 
Michael Donavan. 
Alexander Centro, musician. 



Lawrence McCarty. 
Milton W. Eves. 
Wilson Jones. 
James Kelly. 
Daniel Leehif. 
John A. English. 
* John Mills. 
Bernard McDonald. 
John McKay. 
Frank Payne. 



Corporal Frank Woehle. 
Henry Berger. 
John Combs. 
Henry Lorenzen. 
Valentine Seebacher. 
Charles Weiesenborn. 
John Mueller. 
Mathias Saile. 



Company I. 

Sergt. Theodore Kroll. 
Charles Bittman. 
George Knupfer. 
Joseph Muenzenmayer. 
Andrew Schmidt. 
Henry Frank. 
* Joseph Natale. 
Benedict Neumer. 



Company K. 
2nd Lieut. Rinaldo A. Barker, Sergt. George W. Hutt. 
Corporal Julius Relham. 



' Casper Broggs. 
Rudolph Hanni. 
Antoine Keller. 
Abraham Manning. 
* Since died. 



Charles Anacker. 
Daniel Guion. 
George Keith. 
Joseph M. Lindley. 
* Henry W. Totten. 



MISSING. 

Company A. 
fWilliam G. McCartney. 

Company E. 
Corporal William C. Barnes. Jeremiah O'Sullivan. 



* William Mullery. 
t Conran Hartung. 

Isaac Denton. 

♦Killed. fWounded. 



Company H. 

* Michael MoGowan. 

Company I. 
Company K. 



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L 1S61. 



SECOND KANSAS REGIMENT. 



official report of lt. col. chas. w. blair. 

Army of the West, 
Headquarters Second Regiment Kansas Volunteers. 

August 17th, 1861. 

Sir:— I herewith enclose you a list of the killed and wounded of 
my Regiment, which came under my command after the fall of Col. 
Mitchell, who was dangerously wounded at the first fire we en- 
countered. 

The regiment had been stationed as a Reserve, on a hill to the 
right of, and overlooking the cornfield in which Capt. Plummer's 
battalion was deployed. After they had been driven back by over- 
powering numbers, and the advance of the enemy against them 
checked by Lt. DuBois' battery, which was stationed near us, I rode 
forward to Capt. Totten's battery, still further in our front, to see Gen. 
Lyon, and request him to order us forward. Upon a statement of 
our position, he replied: "Order the Second Kansas to the front!" 
I informed Col. Mitchell, and he brought the Regiment forward 
promptly. As we raised the crest of the hill, beyond the advanced 
battery, and were still marching in column by the flank, a masked 
fire was opened upon us, under which Gen. Lyon was killed, ( who 
was at the head of our column — and Col. Mitchell was severely 
wounded. Col. Mitchell sent for me and ordered me to take charge 
of the battalion, and see that it maintained the reputation of Kan- 
sas. He was removed to the rear, and Lieut. Schreyer, of Capt. 
Tholen's company, assisted by two men, carried back the body of 
Gen. Lyon. 

I threw the battalion into line, and, after sharp firing of fifteen 
or twenty minutes, we drove the enemy back down the descending 
slope, which was in our front. During this time the enemy's ar- 
tillery was playing upon our position, but his round shot and shell 
were too high, and only his grape, musketry and rifle did us great 
injury. 

During the cessation that followed the first firing, Capt. Clay- 
ton's company of the First Kansas found me, which I formed on the 
left of my position ; and the companies of Capts. Roberts, Walker 
and Zesch, which I formed on my right. 

On the right of my position, a ravine stretched down to the ene- 
my's camp, by means of which he made three several attempts to 
flank us. At different times, I had sent men, one or two at a time, 
from Capt. Roberts' company of the First, and Capt. Cranklin's of 
Second Kansas, but they did not return. At length I rode out my- 
self, and, at twenty yards to the right of my position fire was opened 



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upon me, by what seemed a full company. My horse was killed 
under me, but I escaped unhurt. My orderly, Alex. H. Lamb, 
brought me his horse, which I rode during the remainder of the 
engagement. 

At this time Major Sturgie sent me, (at the request of Major 
Cloud, of my Regiment and Capt. Chenoweth, of the First Kansas), 
a section of Capt. Totten's battery, which came just in time to save 
us. As the guns stopped, Capt. Chenoweth rode out to the head of 
the ravine before mentioned, and perceiviog the approach of a large 
force, he, together with Major Cloud and Lieut. Solskaski, got the 
guns in position and opened on them. As the enemy approached 
nearer, I ordered my men to lie down and load and fire in that posi- 
tion, and not to throw away a fire, which order I think was obeyed 
to the letter. 

The fire upon us was terrific, but not a man under my command 
broke ranks or left his place. They loaded and fired with intense 
earnestness and energy, and we finally drove the enemy back for the 
last time, and utterly silenced his fire. The artillery then left us and 
retired to the rear. 

Major Sturgis had previously sent me an order to retire as soon 
as I could do so with safety, and, after driving the enemy completely 
back, I took the opportunity to do so. My command came off in 
good order and slow time, with the line as perfectly dressed as on 
the drill ground. I crossed the first ravine in my rear and reformed. 

After waiting there some twenty minutes, I marched out by the 
flank and rejoined the main-command. 

It is proper that I should state that, early in the action, before 
our Regiment as such was under fire, a large force of cavalry at- 
tempted to flank us, and Major Cloud, taking Capt. McClure's com- 
pany, and deploying them as skirmishers, succeeded in driving them 
back, after several effective and well directed volleys. 

I am under the greatest obligations to Major Cloud, Adjutant 
Lines and Capt. Ayers of my Regiment, Capt. Chenoweth of the 
First Kansas, and, indeed, to every officer and man under my com- 
mand, for their self-possession and courage, and the admirable man- 
ner in which they assisted me in the action, and I should be glad to 
have them properly represented at Headquarters. 

My regiment went on the field and come off it unbroken, with its 
battalion organization as perfect as it went under fire. 
Very Respectfully, Your Obedient Servant, 
CHARLES W. BLAIR, 
Lieut. Col. Commanding Second Kansas Vols. 
Capt. Granger, 

A. A. A. G., U. S. A. 

The Regiment marched on the field with four hundred and sixty- 
three men Rank and File, and left it with three hundred and ninety- 
nine men, several of these who were wounded having remained in the 
ranks. 



10 BATTLE OF SPRINGFIELD. ["^ili!* 

KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING 

OF THE 

SECOND KANSAS REGIMENT. 



KILLED. 

Company A. 
James Roberts. Ere B. Morley. 



Theodore A. Harrold. 
Lieut. Robert Newell. 
Hiram Burt. 



Company E. 
Company G. 
Company H. 



WOUNDED. 

Colonel Robert B. Mitchell, severely. 

Company A. 

Lieut. Thomas Fulton, severely. Corpl. Albert W.Knowles, severely. 

Nathan P. Gregg, slightly. 

Company B. 
Corp. AlexanderH. Lamb, slightly. William F. Allen, slightly. 

Company C." 
Alonzo Moody. Leander Fox. 

Company D. 
Sergt.Samuel Houston, slightly. * Corpl. Horace M. Dyke, severely. 
Nicholas T.B.Schuyler, slightly. Jacob. W. Longfellow, slightly. 
*ManassehC. Glathart, severely. 

Company E. 
James F. Walker. Zachariah Norris. 

Henry S. Shannon. Vincent B. Osborn. 

Albert Johnson. William F. Noble. 

Company F. 
*Sergt. Wilson Betts. Morris Pitman. 

Corporal Walter W. Godley. Thomas H. Copp. 
David A. Meeker. Henry C. Adams. 

George Spain. William T. Sudbury. 

Charles S. Atkins. John F. Wright. 

Company G. 
Lieut. Charles P. Wiggin. George H. DeSanno. 

Daniel McFarland. John W. Dawson. 

William Cooper. Abram Newell. 



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Company H. 

Lieut. Charles S. Hills, slightly. Corporal Horace H.Suttle, slightly 
Sergt. Charles A. Archer, severely*Corporal Thomas Miller, severely. 
John Curtis, slightly. Charles N. Kizer, severely. 

John Clark, severely. Michael McLain, severely. 

* Samuel Hammel, severely. George W. Reed, severely. 
Frederick W. Hirth, severely. * Edward Trask, severely. 
Elias J. Hampton, severely. Michael Myers, slightly. 

Company K. 

Sergt. August Tanschiedt. Solomon Elk. 

Corporal John Schiller. Francis Eberhart. 

* Henry Newkampf. John Gerlings. 
Charles Monch. Zacharias Conrad. 
Charles Longgood. John Conrad. 

* Since died. 



MISSING. 
Company B. 



Oliver Wilber. 

Company E. 
Lieut. Abraham R. Morton. 

Company F. 
Sergt. Franklin Newell. H. Barton. 

G. W. Hull. * John Preston. 

* Wounded. 

Total loss, officers and privates 70 

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the official report 
of the battle of Springfield, and of the list of killed and wounded, 
made by Lieut. Col. C. W. Blair to Capt. G. Granger, U. S. A. 

E. C. D. LINES, 
Acting Adjutant. 

Capt. J. R. McClure had his right foot carried away by a cannon 
ball, in a skirmish at Shelbina, Missouri. 



IS BATTLE OF SPRINGFIELD. [^mi]'*' 

RESOLUTION PASSED BY CONGRESS. 

Besolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Co^igress assembled : That Con- 
gress deems it just and proper to enter upon its records a recognition 
of the eminent and patriotic services of the late Brigadier General 
Nathaniel Lyon. The country to whose service he devoted his life 
will guard and preserve his fame as part of its own glory. Second, 
That the thanks of Congress are hereby given to the brave officers 
and soldiers, who under the command of the late General Lyon, sus- 
tained the honor of the flag, and achieved victory against over- 
whelming numbers at the battle of Springfield in Missouri; and 
that in order to commemorate an event so honorable to the country 
and to themselves, it is ordered that each regiment engaged shall be 
authorized to bear upon its colors the word "Springfield," em- 
broidered in letters of gold. And the President of the United States 
is hereby requested to cause these resolutions to be read at the head 
of the army of the United States. 



KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING 

IN THE 

KANSAS BRIGADE, 

(third, fourth and fifth KANSAS REGIMENTS) 

For the Year 1861. 



BATTLE OF DRYWOOD, September 2, 1861. 

KILLED. 

Joseph Emerick, 1st Sergeant. William Henry, Bugler. 
Another killed — name not given. 

WOUNDED. 

Five — Names not given. 

MISSING. 

Charles Goreton, and one other. 

MORRISTOWN, September 17, 1861. 

KILLED. 

Colonel H. P. Johnson. Private Copeland. 

WOUNDED. 

Six, Names not given. 

NEAR BUTLER, MO., December 14, 1861. 
William W. Durno. Joshua Wright. 

William Vance and Columbus C. Tupton (of the 3d Regiment) 
were killed by the Rebels, on Miami creek. Bates county. Mo., 
Sept. 16th, 1861. 



ADJUTANT GENERAL'S REPORT, 

STATE OF KANSAS. 
1862. 



REPORT 

OF THE 

ADJUTANT GENERAL. 



Head Quarters Kansas Militia, i 

Office of Adjutant General. - 

ToPEKA, Dec. 3l8t. 1863. > 

His Excellency, Chas. Robinson: 

Commander-in-Chief of the Military Forces of the State: 

Sir;_I have the honor to submit the following statement of the 
organization of the volunteer Militia of the State, and of the volun- 
teer regiments in the service of the United States. 

As no report, or statement of the Militia organization was made 
by my predecessor in office, my statement embraces the organizations 
from the beginning of the State government. 

In the "Act to organize and discipline the Militia," passed April, 
2'>d 1861, it is provided as follows: "Sec. 3. That the State shall 
be divided into two divisions, ae follows, viz: The country lying 
South of the Kansas river shall constitute the Southern division, 
and the country lying North of said river shall constitute the North- 
ern division." 

On the 25th day of April 1861, these general divisions were dis- 
tricted by your Excellency for the organizations of regiments, into 
the following regimental districts, viz: 

NORTHERN DIVISION. 
The First Regiment to consist of the volunteer companies in the 
county of Leavenworth. 

The Second Regiment to consist of companies in Atchison and 

Doniphan counties. 

The Third Regiment to consist of the companies in Brown, Jef- 
ferson and Jackson counties. 

The Fourth Regiment to consist of the companies in Pottawatta- 
mie, Marshall, Washington, Republic and Shirley counties. 

The Fifth Regiment to consist of the companies in Clay, Davis, 
Dickinson, Saline and Ottawa counties. 

(3) 



4 ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 

SOUTHERN DIVISION. 

The First Regiment to consist of the volunteer companies in 
Douglas and Franklin counties. 

The Second Regiment to consist of the companies in Johnson, 
Lykins, ( now Miami ) and Wyandotte counties ; the Mansfield Blues, 
Scott Township company, and company "I" of Linn county. 

The Third Regiment to consist of Sharp's Rifle Guards, and 
companies A. E. and G. in Linn county, and all the companies in 
Bourbon and Cherokee counties. 

The Fourth Regiment to consist of the companies in Shawnee, 
Waubaunsee and Osage counties. 

The Fifth Regiment to consist of the companies in Anderson, 
Allen, Dorn, Wilson, Woodson and Coflfey counties. 

The Sixth Regiment to consist of the companies in Breckinridge, 
(now Lyon) Morris, Chase, Butler, Marion, Greenwood, Godfrey, 
Irving, Otoe and Peketon counties. 

By an Act supplemental to the Act to organize and discipline the 
Militia, passed May 7, 1861, it was enacted as follows: "The coun- 
ties of Davis, Dickinson, Wabaunsee, Saline, and all counties North 
and West of them be and are hereby attached to the Northern divi- 
sion, and all counties South of the aforesaid counties, and Wyandotte 
and Shawnee, are hereby attached to the Southern division for 
military purposes." 

Brif/ade Divisions. 

NORTHERN DIVISION. 

First Brigade, to consist of the first, second and third regiments. 
Second Brigade, to consist of the fourth and fifth regiments. 

SOUTHERN DIVISION. 

First Brigade, to consist of the first, second and third Regiments. 
Second Brigade, to consist of the fourth, fifth and sixth Regi- 
ments. 

Reg imc n ta I Organ izations. 
SOUTHERN DIVISIONS. 

The First Regiment was organized as follows, viz : 
Joseph Cracklin, Colonel. 

Abraham Cutter, Lt. Colonel. 

Josiah C. Trask, Major. 

The Second Regiment was organized as follows, viz: 
W. Y. Roberts, Colonel. 

John T. Burrie, Lt. Colonel. 

Jas. R. Parr, Major. 

The Third Regiment was organized as follows, viz : 
Samuel Stevenson, Colonel. 

C. R. Jennison, Lt. Colonel. 

J. H. Tucker, Major. 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. O 

The Fourth Regiment was organized as follows: 
D. H. Home, Colonel. 

S. A. Fairchild, Lt. Colonel. 

K. McAllister, Major. 

The Fifth Regiment was organized as follows: 

Colonel. 
Lt. Colonel. 
Major. 

The Sixth Regiment was organized as follows: 
Andrew J. Mitchell, Colonel. 

Watson Foster, Lt. Colonel. 

Geo. J. Tallman, Major. 

NORTHERN DIVISION. 
The Regimental organization were as follows: 

THE FIRST REGIMENT. 

J. M. Clark, Colonel. 

J, W. Morris, Lt. Colonel. 

Major, 

THE SECOND REGIMENT. 

Cyrus Leland, Colonel. 

C. G. Foster, Lt. Colonel. 

.John J. Boyd, Major. 

THE THIRD REGIMENT. 

Ira J. Lacock, Colonel. 

J. Gill Spinny, Lt. Colonel. 

W. F. Creitz, Major. 

THE FOURTH REGIMENT. 

Colonel. 
Lt. Colonel. 
Major. 

THE FIFTH REGIMENT. 

J. R. McClure, Colonel. 

Wm. A. Phillips, Lt. Colonel. 

Major. 

There were organized in the year 1861, one hundred and eighty 
volunteer companies of the Militia, as appears upon the executive 
record, one hundred and ten of which, were in the Southern Division 
of the State, and seventy were in the Northern Division. 

There have been organized during the present year, thirty-seven 
companies — nineteen in the Southern and eighteen in the Northern 
Division of the State, sixteen of which companies are of the Cavalry 
arm of the service, and twenty-one of the Infantry arm. 



6 ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 

All of the companies above mentioned, when organized, were full, 
up to the minimum number required in the Militia law for the or- 
ganization of such companies, and most of them considerably above 
the number. 

There have been recruited in the State and mustered into the 
United States service since the beginning of the rebellion, eleven 
regiments, and two batteries of volunteers, which have drawn largely 
from the Militia organizations, aforesaid ; very many of the com- 
panies entering the service entire. 

The following list contains the names of Captains commanding 
Companies who have made the return to me, required to be made, 
in Sec. 11 of the "Act to organize and discipline the Militia," which 
contains the number of all non-commissioned officers and privates 
under the command of each Captain belonging to his company, and 
all the arms and accoutrements belonging thereto, viz: 







No. of 




Name of officers. 


Company. 


Non-com'd 

officers and 

privates. 


No. and kind of 
arms. 


J. M. Ellis, 


Wea Rangers 




6 Miss Rifles, 


B. E. Briant, 


Stanton Guards 


38 


No arm rept'd 


C. C. Coffinbery, 


Valley Rifle Co., 


59 




Loring Farnsworth, 


Topeka Infantry 


44 


" " " 


Reuben Randlett, 


" Cavalry 


35 


U (( tl 



None of the general officers mentioned in said section 11th have 
made return to me of the information therein required to be made, 
and I am therefore unable to report the number of volunteer com- 
panies of the Militia, now organized, or to give any further informa- 
tion, relative to the number of men organized as volunteer Militia of 
the State, than as aforesaid. 

In the latter part of September last, blank forms for the return 
mentioned in said section 11, were prepared and forwarded to the 
several commands, to obtain the information therein required to be 
returned, but the returns made by the Captains above named, are 
all that have been received. 

There were received in November last from the General Govern- 
ment, for the use of the organized Militia, through Capt. McNutt, 
Commanding Ordnance at Ft. Leavenworth, seven hundred and 
sixty-three Prussian muskets, which were placed at the disposal of 
Major General Blood for the companies in his Division. 

I have no information of their distribution, but presume they 
have been issued to companies tendering their services for duty in 
the field. 

As no report was made by General Collamore my predecessor as 
Quartermaster General of the State, and he has retained the books 
and papers of the office, refusing to deliver them up, I am unable to 
make any statement relative to the distribution of arms to the 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 7 

Militia during the year 18G1, or of any other transaction, connected 
with that Department, while he held the office. 

Schedule "A," hereto attached is a list of the counties from 
which the return of the enrolled militia required by section 6th, of 
the militia law to be made to this office, has been received, and 
shows the number of men returned as liable to do military duty, in 
the respective counties. Twenty counties are returned, giving an 
aggregate of 10605 men ; fourteen counties, not returned. 

Schedule "B" also attached, is a roster of the militia organiza- 
tion of the State, as appears by the Executive record aforesaid. 

Schedule "C" is a roster of the volunteer regiments in the 
United States service. 

SCHEDULE "A." 
A list of the counties from which the returns of the enrolled mili- 
tia has been received : 



Anderson, 


347 


Bourbon, 


428 


Brown, 


435 


Chase, 


126 


Coflfey, 


426 


Davis, 


212 


Dickinson, 


80 


Doniphan, 


996 


Douglas, 


1,528 


Franklin, 


426 


Jackson, 


290 


Johnson, 


713 


Leavenworth, 


2,466 


Lyon, 


466 


Miami, 


689 


Morris, 


268 


Marshall, 


222 


Osage, 


194 


Woodson, 


118 


Wabaunsee, 


175 



Total, 10,605 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



SCHEDULE "B." 
Roster of the Militia Organization of the State-Staff. 



Xame of Officers. Date of Commission. AVhicli Division 



Commander-in-Chief: 
CHARLES ROBINSON 

Aides-de-Camp to 
Commander-ln-Cliief : 

COLONELS 

.rohn A. Martin, 

E. P. Bancroft, 
.Jas. L. McDowell, 
\Vm. Tholen, 
Forbes Munson, 
Augustus E. Deming, 
.Joseph F. Cunimings, 

General Officers: 
MAJOR GENERALS 
.r. C. Stone, 
Samuel Walker, 
Jas. Blond, 
.Juo. A. Halderman, 

Aides-de-Camp to 
Major Generals: 

MA.JOE 
R. A. Baker, 

F. H. Drenning, 

Adjutant General's 

Department: 
Adjutant General: 

BRIGADIER GENERAL 

Chas. Chadwick, 
Quartermaster General : 

BRIGADIER GENERAL 

Chas. Chadwick, 

Division 
Quartermasters : 
LT. COLONELS 
H. B. Denman, 
Thos. B. Eldridge, 

Division Inspector 

and Assistant Ad. 

Generals : 

LT. COLONELS 

George A. Eddy, 

Griswold, 

Paymaster General: 

COLONEL 

A. .J. Mitchell, 

Engineer in Chief: 
COLONEL 

O. B. Gunn, 

Assistant Engineers 
in Chief: 
LT. COLONEL 
.Jas. P. Roy, 
Albert E. Searle, 

Judge Advocate 
General: 
COLONEL 
John P. Gritr, 

Assistant Judge Advo- 
cate General: 
LT. COLONEL 

S. A. Stinson, 

■Jas Christian, 



IMHI. 

August 20th, 1862. 



September 1st, 1S62. 
October 2d, 1862. 



April 30, 1861. 
April 30, 1861. 
July 3d, 1861. 



October 16, 1862. 
October 16, 1861. 



March 22d, 1862. 
March 13, 1862. 

October 16, 1862. 

October 16, 1862. 
May 8, :861. 



May 8, 1861. 



May 1, 1S61. 
May 4, 1861. 



Northern Division. 
Northern 



Southern Division. 
Southern " 



Northern 
Southern 
Southern 
Northern 



Northern 
Northern 



Northern 
southern 



Northern 
Southern 



Northern 
Southern 



Northern 
Southern 



Atchison. 

Emporia. 

Leavenworth. 

Leavenworth. 

Tnpeka. 

Topeka. 

Topeka. 



Leavenworth. 
Lawrence. 
Lawrence. 
Leavenworth. 



Staff of General 
halderman. 



Topeka. 



Topeka. 



Leavenworth. 
Lawrence. 



Leavenworth. 



Wyandotte. 



Leavenworth. 



Topeka. 



Leavenworth. 
Leavenworth. 



AD.TUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



9 



The militia law needs a complete revision and to make the militia 
efficient, provisions should be made for paying the officers and men 
when in actual service — or at least for subsisting them. 

The necessity for such a provision was manifest in the late effort 
to place a force on the Southern border of the State. Companies 
were organized, willing and anxious to go, if they could be subsisted, 
but there being no provision in the law for it, it could not be fur- 
nished, and the effort failed. 

If the State is to be protected by the militia, it must subsist the 
soldiers in actual service giving the protection, and the Legislature 
must provide a way for doing it. 

Respectfully submitted, 

CHAS. CHADWICK, 
Adjutant and Quartermaster General. 



SCHEDULE "B," —Roster— Line. 

NORTHERN DIVISION. 

First Regiment composed of the companies in Leavenworth county. 



Feb. 25. 



April 20. 



April 22. 



April 22. 



COLONEL— J. 


M. Clark. 




LT. COLONEL 


—J. W. Morris. 




MAJOR 






Edward Cozzens, 


Captain 


Union Guards, 


E. T. Carr, 


1st Lt. 


Leavenworth 


A. P. Russell, 


2nd Lt. 
.3d. Lt. 
Ensign. 


City. 


Powell Clayton 


Captain, 


Leavenworth 


0. M. Tennison, 


1st Lt. 


Light Infantry. 


William Cranson, 


2dLt, 




E. Sherlock, 


3dLt. 




O. Murphy, 


Ensign. 




J. C. Stone, 


Captain 


Home 


A. W. Clark, 


1st Lt. 


Guards. 


Thos. Carney, 


2dLt. 
SdLt. 

Ensign, 




Job Stockton, 


Captain, 


"Ffencibles," 


A. M. Sattig, 


Ist Lt. 


Leavenworth 


James Ketner, 


2d Lt. 
SdLt. 
Ensign. 


City. 


H. B. Smith, 


Captain, 


"Leavenworth 


Jas. McCullough, 


1st Lt. 


Rifles." 


J. H. Baker, 


2dLt. 
3d Lt. 
Ensign. 





10 


ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 


April 24. 


J. G. Losee, 


Captain, 


Leavenworth 




Wm. Haller, 


1st Lt. 


"Guards." 




Elijah Hughes, 


2dLt. 
Ensign. 






Peter McFarland, 


Captain, 


"Poenix Guards," 




John Harmon, 


1st Lt. 


Leavenworth 




James McDonald, 


2dLt. 


City. 




Patrick Brogan, 


SdLt. 
Ensign. 




April 25. 


H. P. Johnson, 


Captain. 


"Mounted Rifles," 




J. M. Williams, 


1st Lt. 


Leavenworth 




T. J. Logan, 


2dLt. 


City. 




James Medill, 


SdLt. 






J. W. H. Golden, 


Ensign. 




May 2. 


Peter Heusgen, 


Captain, 


"German Rifles," 




Ashberry, 


1st Lt. 


Leavenworth 




— Schien, 


2dLt. 


City. 




Becker, 


3dLt. 






Joseph Gehrman, 


Ensign. 




May 4. 


Gustavus Zesch, 


Captain, 


" Steuben Guards." 




Henry Sarstedt, 


1st Lt. 






Adam Carthaus, 


2dLt. 
SdLt. 
Ensign. 




May 4. 


David Block, 


Captain, 


"Lafayette 




Victor Saulcey, 


1st Lt. 


Guards," 




Cassimer Bernse, 


2dLt. 


Leavenworth 






SdLt. 


City. 




Charles Carli, 


Ensign. 




May 7. 


Wm. Phillips, 


Captain, 


"Emmert 




Philip Doyle, 


1st Lt. 


Guards," 




John P. Mitchell, 


2dLt. 


Leavenworth 




Thos. C. Pendergast, 


SdLt. 


City. 




Patrick Davis, 


Ensign. 




May 7. 


Thos. Carney, 


Captain, 


"Home Guards," 




Joseph Hemingray, 


1st Lt. 


Leavenworth 




Jas. L. Abernathy, 


2dLt. 
Sd-Lt. 


City. 




L. B. Wheeler, 


Ensign. 




May 8. 


G. W. Gardiner, 


Captain, 


"Delaware 




John Kendall, 


1st Lt. 


Guards," 




A. B. Martin, 


2dLt. 


Leavenworth 




D. C. Burnham, 


SdLt. 


City. 




Arthur Simmons, 


Ensign. 





ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



11 



May 8. 



May 9. 



May 10. 



May 20. 



May 29. 



Sept. 22. 



Oct. 7. 



D. H. Twombly, 


Captain, 


"Delaware 


J. Frye, 


Ist Lt. 


Rifles," 


J. Nickles, 


2dLt. 


Leavenworth 


H. Brandt, 


3dLt. 


City. 


F. Sheek, 


Ensign. 




T. J. Weed, 


Captain, 


"Lane Rifle 


G. A. Moore, 


1st Lt. 


Corps," 


D. J. Brewer, 


2dLt. 


Leavenworth 


B. Nute, jr.. 


SdLt. 


City. 


D. C. Pickett, 


Ensign. 




A. P. Russell, 


1st Lt. 


"Union Guards," 


Chas. P. Wiggins, 


2dLt. 


Leavenworth City. 


Ames Graff, 


SdLt. 




Jacob A. Graham, 


Ensign. 




Alonzo H. Kent, 


Captain, 


Leavenworth 


Horace G. Loring, 


1st Lt. 


Greys, 


Edward H. Bancroft, 


2dLt. 




John S. Wise, 


SdLt. 




Wm. S. Martin, 


Ensign. 




Peter Espenscheidt, 


Captain, 


Leavenworth 


Charles Calmbach, 


1st Lt. 


Light Foot 


Augustus Leland, 


2d Lt. 


Artillery. 


Martin Maurhau, 


3d Lt. 




Philip Immersusch, 


Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2dLt. 
SdLt. 
Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2dLt. 
SdLt. 

Ensign. 




La Fayette Mills, 


Captain, 


Leavenworth 


Benj. F. Aikers, 


1st Lt. . 


City 


T. R. Clark, 


2dLt. 
SdLt. 
Ensign. 


Cavalry. 


G. H. Baird, 


Captain, 


Easton— Infantry. 


A. P. Searcy, 


1st Lt. 




Jeremiah Edwards, 


2dLt. 
SdLt. 





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ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



Oct. 14. 



Nov. 25. 



J. C. Hemmingray, 


Captain, 


Leavenworth 


Wm. Shepherd, 


1st Lt. 


City — Infantry, 


Alex. D. Neiman, 


2dLt. 




H. P. Scott, 


.3d Lt. 




Jacob Stultzman, 


Ensign. 




M. Bransfield, 


Captain. 




Frank P. Meagher, 


1st Lt. 




Edward Sherlock, 


2dLt. 




John C. Murphy, 


3d Lt. 
Ensign. 





Second Regiment composed of the companies in Atchison and 
Doniphan counties. 

COLONEL — Cyrus Leland — Troy. 

LT. COLONEL — C. G. Foster— Atchison. 

MAJOR — John J. Boyd — Troy. 



ATCHISON COUNTY. 



May 9. 



May 9. 



May 10. 



May 11. 



May 17. 



H. R. Neal, 


Captain, 


Company "A," 


C. Arundle, 


1st Lt. 


Atchison. 


Mathew Quigg, 


2dLt. 




George J. Martin, 


SdLt. 




Robert Maurille, 


Ensign. 




Luther Dickinson, 


Captain, 


Company "B." 


A. D. Fizer, 


1st Lt. 




C. H. Hubbard, 


2dLt. 




S. Hooper, 


BdLt. 




M. Clark, 


Ensign. 




John Becktold, 


Captain, 


Company "C." 


Chas. Waltz, 


1st Lt. 




Henry Sueh, 


2d Lt. 




Henry Voltz, 


SdLt. 




Schlupp, 


Ensign. 




John Hays, 


Captain, 


"May Guards" 


Joshua Wheeler, 


1st Lt. 




David M. Stillman, 


2dLt. 




Samuel Dunn, 


3d Lt. 




Chas. T. Benton, 


Ensign. 




G. H. Fairchild, 


Captain, 


All-Hazard : 


C. Agneill, 


1st Lt. 




R. A. Baker, 


2dLt. 




John W. Murphy, 


SdLt. 




F. F. Hunter, 


Ensign. 





ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 



13 



May 23. 



June 1st. 



August 19. 



August 20. 



Sept. 2. 



Sept. 14. 



Oct. 29. 



Aug. 11. 



Mathew Quigg, 


Captain, 


Company "A" 


Clem Rhor, 


1st Lt. 


Re-organized. 


G. R. Bailey, 


2d do. 




Scott Newell, 


3d do. 




F. A. Root, 


Ensign. 




Martin 0. Neal, 


Captain 


Union Rangers. 


Jas. B. Hartman, 


1st Lt. 




Thos. Slater, 


2d do. 




James Bowman, 


• 3d do 




A. D. Shakspeare, 


Ensign. 




Andrew J. Evans, 


Captain, 


"Independent 


Robert White, 


iBtLt. 


Rangers" 


John Burtovelle, 


2d do 
3d do 




Andrew E. Miller, 


Ensign, 




Cabbie May, 


Captain, 


"Freman's Home 


Henry Cline, 


1st Lt. 


Guards." 


A. S. Speck, 


2d do 




John G. Roy, 


3d do 




J. S. Averill, 


Ensign 




Chas. Halbert, 


Captain 


Home Guard. 


John G. Berchtoler, 


1st Lt. 




Clements Rhor, 


2d do 




William Baker, 


3d do 


Atchison. 


John Schlupp, 


Ensign. 




A. W. Johnson, 


Captain, 


Atchison county 


C. C. King, 


1st Lt. 


Home Guards. 


Joseph Potter, 


2dLt. 




Samuel Bowman, 


3d do 
Ensign. 




R. D.Bartlow, 


Captain 




Augustus Trahn, 


1st Lt. 




Malcomb Ham, 


2dLt. 




Wm. Atherton, 


3dLt. 




Sam'l H. Cosad, 


Ensign. 




Rinaldo A. Baker, 


Captain, 


Mt. Vernon 


Perry G. Noel, 


1st Lt. 


Company. 


Geo. M. Kuhl, 


2dLt. 




Geo. J. Weaver, 


3dLt. 
Ensign. 


Atchison City. 



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ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 


1861. 


DONIPHAN 


COUNTY. 




May 4. 


Jas. Randolph, 


Captain 


Union Guards. 




S. S. Sarrette, 


1st Lt. 






Wm. H. Hanson, 


2d do 






T. Subtle, 


3d do 






Chas. H. Wilson, 


Ensign. 




May 6. 


John J. Boyd, 


Captain 


' ' Troy Union 




Isaac Tallman, 


IstLt 


Guards," 




Jos. F. Hampson, 


2dLt 


Troy. 




John Frank Kotsch, 


3d Lt. 






C. C. Camp, 


Ensign. 




May 7. 


Henry Haverkorst, 


Captain, 


"Volunteer Union 




Augustus Kellam, 


1st Lt. 


Company." 




Chas. Frederick, 


2d do 


Troy. 




Harry Gillum, 


3d do 
Ensign. 




May 26. 


Elijah Flemming, 


Captain, 


"Americus Union 




E. J. Jenkins, 


1st Lt. 


Guards." 




Alex Kinkaid, 


2d do 


Columbus. 




Edward Green, 


3d do 
Ensign. 




May 26; 


B. P. Chenoweth, 


Captain, 


"Governor's 




Peter A. Josephs, 


1st Lt. 


Guards." 




Chas. 0. Smith, 


2d do 






Frank M. Smith, 


.3d do 






Fred Amerine, 


Ensign. 




June 7. 


Nicholas Harrington, 


Captain, 


"Marion Guards." 




E. H. King, 


1st Lt. 


Doniphan. 




John M. Sarcy, 


2dLt. 






S. S. Smith, 


3d do 






S. T. Wilmarth, 


Ensign. 




July 18. 


C. W. Shreve, 


Captain, 


"White Cloud 




T. E. Armstrong, 


1st Lt. 


Union Guards." 




Chas. Burkhalter, 


2d do 


White Cloud. 




W. H. Farmcroft, 


3d do 
Ensign. 




Sept. 14. 


Hugh Robinson, 


Captain, 


Troy. 




Daniel W. Morse, 


1st Lt. 






Jonathan Sprague, 


2d do 






Henry Lorcerdutz, 


3d do 
Ensign. 




Sept. 14. 


Jos. H. Hampson, 


Captain 






Isaac Tallman, 


1st Lt. 






Edward S. Davis, 


2d do 






Robt. G. Mansfield, 


3d do 
Ensign. 





ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



15' 



Oct. 8. 


Robt. Hays, 


Captain 


"Home Guards." 




Jeff. Jenkins, 


1st Lt. 






John Ruffley, 


2d do 






Chas. Mack, 


3d do 






Edward G. Gayin, 


Ensign. 






Chas. G. Ross, 


Captain, 


"Trojan Guards" 




Wm. H. Truesdell, 


Ist Lt. 


Troy. 




John F. Kotsch, 


2d do 






Henry McAdams, 


3d do 






Hiram Culvert, 


Ensign. 






C. G. J. Beeler, 


Captain. 






Fred Berkhalter, 


1st Lt. 






Wm. A. Rixley, 


2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 




1862. 








Oct. 14. 


Lucius C. Booth, 


Captain, 


Elwood — Infantry. 




Erasmus F. Dixon, 


1st Lt. 






Arch Craig, 


2d do 






Danies C. Hoddley, 


3d do 
Ensign. 




Oct. 17. 


Geo. W. Barr, 


Captain, 


Elwood— Infantry. 




T. A. Hays, 


Ist Lt. 






John Lawler, 


2d do 






Benj. F. Barr, 


3d do 






David B. Jones, 


Ensign. 




Oct. 17. 


E. J. Jenkins, 


Captain 


Troy— Infantry. 




Henry Boderj Jr., 


1st Lt. 






Mathew Ward, 


2d do 






Robert Neland, 


3d do 
Ensign. 




Oct. 17. 


Sampson Nation, 


Captain, 


Wathena — In- 




Jas. D. Albey, 


1st Lt. 


fantry. 




Milton Bryan, 


2d do 






Constant Porier, 


.3d do 






C. G. Beeler, 


Captain 


Iowa Point In- 




Jas. Powell, 


1st Lt. 


fantry. 




Wm. H. Copps, 


2d do 






Fred Buckhalter, 


3d do 






Henry S. Octon, 


Ensign. 




Nov. 1st. 


W. G. Riffenberg, 


Captain, 


Bellemont 




B. G. Cox, 


let Lt. 


Cavalry. 




N. R. Mills, 


2d do 


Whitehead. 




Jas. Merrill, 


3d do 






Thos Barrett, 


Ensign. 





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ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



Nov. 


15. 


Jeremiah F. Short, 


Captain 


White Cloud 






Chas. J. Jennings, 


1st Lt. 


Cavalry. 






Dossen Arnold, 


2d do 








Jacin C. Pierce, 


3d do 








W. H. Vandoren, 


Ensign. 




Nov. 


25. 


E. G. Crabb, 
Daniel Winders, 
Samuel P. Coulter, 
Joseph Hayton, 


Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 


Troy — Cavalry, 


Nov. 


29. 


Michael Lane, 


Captain, 


Iowa Point 






Miles Conen, 


1st Lt. 


Cavalry. 






Wm. Hedrick, 


2d do 








Elisha J. Trump, 


3d do 








Geo. M. Senor, 


Ensign. 




Nov. 


let. 


Sylvester Bonesteel, 


Captain, 


Highland 






John Dillon, 


1st Lt. 


Infantry. 






Jesse W. Jones, 


2d do 





Third Regiment composed of the companies in Brown, Jackson, 
Jefferson and Nemaha counties : 

COLONEL — Ira J. Lacock. 
LT. COLONEL— Wm. F. Creitz. 
MAJOR— J. Gill Spinney. 



May 1. 



May 7. 



June 10. 



Aug. U. 



1862. 



BROWN 


COUNTY. 




Ira J. Lacock. 


Captain, 


Brown County 


John H. Schenck, 


1st Lt. 


"Guards," 


B. F. Killey, 


2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 


Hiawatha. 


Isaac B. Homer, 


Captain. 




Wm. G. Sargeant, 


1st Lt. 




R. Nichols, 


2d do 




T. J. Robbins, 


. 3d do 




A. J. Speer, 


Ensign. 




Orville Root, 




"Frontier 


David A. Weir, 




Guards." 


Thos. Hart, 






John Belk, 






Peter Thrift. 






0. H. Macauley, 


Captain, 




C. L. Powell, 


1st Lt. 




Jas. Round, 


2d do 




Wm. B. Proctor, 


3d do 




Thos. Covaney, 


Ensign. 





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JEFFERSON COUNTY. 



1861. 


F. M. Stuart, 


Captain, 


Oskaloosa 




William Evans, 


1st Lt. 


Company. 




W. C. Barnes, 


2d do 






Eli Evans, 


3d do 






Alonzo Sande, 


Ensign. 




April 30. 


S. S. Cooper, 


Captain, 


"Jefferson Rifles," 




Lewis Stafford, 


1st Lt. 


Grasshopper 




Asel Spaulding, 


2d do 


Falls. 




Jas. A. Mann, 


3d do 






E. D. HiUyer, 


Ensign. 




April 30. 


C. B. McClellen, 


Captain, 


"Oskaloosa 




G. B. Carson, 


Ist Lt. 


Guards." 




Wm. Evans, 


2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 






Robert Ward, 


Captain, 






John French, 


1st Lt. 






A. J. Francis, 


2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 




1862. 








Oct. 27. 


R. H. Crosby, 


Captain, 


Infantry, 




W. C. Butts, 


1st Lt. 


Grasshopper 




John Welser, 


2d do 


Falls 




David Nutting, 


3d do 




Nov. 1. 


J. M. Huber, 


Captain, 


Mt. Florence. 




Byron Stewart, 


Ist Lt. 


Infantry. 




Newel Colby, 


2d do. 






J. W. Williams, 


3d do. 






H. E. Kennedy, 


Ensign. 






JACKSON 


COUNTY. 




1861. 


William F. Creitz, 


Captain, 


Union Guards. 


May i. 


Peter Bryant, 


1st Lt. 






David Rockley, 


2d do. 






J. Frank Pomeroy, 


3d do. 






Jos. L. Walters, 


Ensign. 




July 9. 


Robt. Little, 


Captain, 


New Eureka 




D. H. Sutherland, 


1st Lt. 


Constitutional 




David Stanley, 


2d do 


Guards. 




Abraham Ash, 


3d do 






Jacob H. Schneider, 


Ensign. 






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ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 


Aug. 7. 


Francis Smith, 


Captain, 


Jackson County, 




W. A. Baxter, 


1st Lt. 


"Light Horse." 




Robert Anderson, 


2d do 






Wm. H. Cocoran, 


3d do 






Hiram Bronson, 


Ensign. 




Aug. 21. 


J. J. Robinson, 


Captain 






J. S. Ubank, 


1st Lt. 


. 




Henry Mitchell, 


2d do 






Case Broderick, 


3d do 






Geo. C. Cline, 


Ensign. 




1862. 


J. B. Hubbell, 


Captain 


Holton — cavalry. 




V. V. Adamson, 


1st Lt. 






M. B. Parrot, 


2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 





1861. 
June 7. 



July 1. 



July 19. 



NEMAHA COUNTY. 

W. Williams, Captain, 



Sabetha Dragoons. 



Wm. Vasser, 


1st Lt. 




John L. Graham, 


2d do 




Isaac Sweetman, 


.3d do 




Almond Hawkins, 


Ensign. 




John S. Rogers, 


Captain 


"Nemaha Rifle 


John Hampler, 


1st Lt. 


Co." 


Henry S. Anderson, 


2d do 




Chas. Brown, 


3d do 




Richard Root, 


Ensign. 




O. C. Brewer, 


Captain, 


Centralia Home 


J. N. Cline, 


let Lt. 


Guards. 


H. A. Goodman, 


2d do 
3d do 




John Hodgkins, 


Ensign. 





Fourth Regiment composed of the companies in Pottawattamie, 
Marshall, Washington, Republic and Shirley counties. 

COLONEL 

LT. COLONEL — 

MAJOR 



POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY. 

July 27. Charles Jenkins, Captain, 

George Bertrand, 1st Lt. 

Volney Baker, 2d do 

Absalom Cornell, 3d do 

Israel Cook, Ensign. 



"Rock Creek 
Union Rifle Co." 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



19 



S. B. Todd, 


Captain, 


"Home Guards." 


G, W. Marshall, 


1st Lt. 


Vermillion. 


W. H. Clark, 


2d do 




O. S. Leslie, 


3d do 
Ensign. 





Aug. 12. 



1861. 

Fifth Regiment composed of the companies in Riley, Clay, Davis, 
Dickinson, Saline, Ottawa. 

COLONEL — J. R. McClure. 

LT. COLONEL — Wm. A. Phillips. 

MAJOR— E. C. D. Lines. 



RILEY COUNTY. 



April 30. Jas. R. McClure, 
Robt. Henderson, 
Jas. P. Downer, 

O. Hemmings, 

May 1st. J. M. Harvey, 

Jno. W. Parsons, 
J. D. Warner, 



May 7. A. J. Mead, 

Orlando Dodge, 
Ambrose Todd, 
John Howe, 
Levi E. Woodman, 

May 7. Amos B. Spinney, 

E. L. Pattee, 
M. Giddings, 
S. Whitehorn, 
N. D. Horton, 



"Junction Home 
Guards." 



Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

Captain, "Manhattan Guards." 

1st Lt. 

2d do 

3d do 

Ensign. 



Mudsills. 



' Manhattan Gravs. " 



WABAUNSEE COUNTY, 



May 2. 



May 6. 



E. C. D. Lines, 
Geo. H. Hill, 
Voluey Love, 
L. C. Welsh, 



Gelmer Young, 
M. Ingalls, 
Jesse Evans, 
August Meyer, 



Capt, "Prairie ( DisbaadedJunel2, 
IstLt. Guards." | '62, by order of the 
''d do -' Grovernor, the num- 

^ J r: '] ber of men as shown 

od do I by the muster roll 

Ensign. Lbeing less than 20. 



Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 



"Lincoln Rifles," 



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May 10. 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT 



June 1. 



Joseph True, 
Charles Webber, 
William Frebing, 
Randolph Arnett, 



Captain. 
Ist Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign, 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 



SALINE COUNTY. 

Luke F. Parsons, Captain, 

Alex. Spillman, 1st Lt. 

Henry H. Flagg, 2d do 



Saline Rifle Co. 



SOUTHERN DIVISION. 

First Regiment composed of the volunteer companies in the coun- 
ties of Douglas and Franklin counties. 

COLONEL — Joseph Craklin. 

LT. COLONEL — Abraham Cutter. 

MAJOR— J. C. Trask. 



April 8. 



April 22. 



April 22. 



April 24. 



DOUGLAS 


COUNTY. 




Samuel Walker, 


Captain 


"Union Mounted 


L. L. Jones, 


1st Lt. 


Rifles," 


S. B. Norton, 


2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 




F. B. Swift, 


Captain 


"Stubbs," 


Caleb S. Pratt, 


1st Lt. 


Lawrence. 


N. W. Spicer, 


2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 




John Foreman, 


Captain 


Lawrence Guards 


A. L. Reed, 


Ist Lt. 




C. W. Adams, 


2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 




Chas. Williams, 


Captain, 


"Turner Jaeger 


Renhard Booker, 


let Lt. 


Rifle Company," 


Henry Martin, 


2d do. 
3d do 

Ensign. 





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21 



April 27. 


Samuel Kimball, 


Captain, 


Lawrence 




J. G. Lowe, 


1st Lt. 


Artillery. 




.Tosiah C. Trask, 


2d do 






Wm. W. Anderson, 


3d do 






B. W. Woodward, 


Ensign. 




May 8. 


Miles Wattles, 


Captain, 


"Franklin Blues.' 




Thos. H. Graham, 


1st Lt. 






John McFarlandj 


2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 




May 9. 


Joseph Cremklin, 


Captain, 


Union Rifles. 




T. J. Sternberry, 


1st Lt. 


Lawrence. 




Lucius S. Shaw, 


2d do. 






S. B. Norton, 


3d do. 






C. F. Garrett, 


Ensign. 




June 8. 


Samuel T. Shores, 


Captain, 


"Ottawa 




Samuel C. Bluck, 


1st Lt 


Rangers." 




A. B. Gilliard, 


2d do 






Richard Stevens, 


3d do 

Ensign. 




August 1. 


Frank P. Brewer, 


Captain, 


"Home Guard." 




D. T. Mitchell. 


1st Lt. 


Lecompton. 




Thos. Secreet, 


2d do. 






William Harris, 


3d do 
Ensign. 




August 9. 


E. S. Lowman, 


Captain, 


"Union Grays." 




Geo. F. Earle, 


1st Lt. 






A. D. Searl, 


2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 






J. C. Vinson, 


Captain, 






J. L. Jones, 


1st Lt. 






John Banning, 


2d do. 
3d do 

Ensign. 




1862. 


John L. Patterson, 


Captain, 


Franklin — cavalry 


Oct. 4. 


John F. Roberts, 


1st Lt. 






John E. Barrett, 


2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 




Oct. 4. 


F. B. Swift, 


Captain, 


Lawrence— In- 




Joseph Low, 


1st Lt. 


fantry. 




Hallard Wheeler, 


2d do 






Francis X. Oliver, 


3d do 






Harlow W. Baker, 


Ensign. 





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ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 


Oct. 14. 


Stephen Ogden, 


Captain, 


Blue Mound 




Joseph W. Creed, 


1st Lt. 


cavalry. 




Sam'l H. Lofland, 


2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 




Oct. 16. 


Levi Woodward, 


Captain, 


Eudora — cavalr 




E. W. Cooter, 


1st Lt. 






C. M. Sears, 


2d do 






John Wallace, 


3d do 
Ensign. 




Oct. 16. 


John Stafford, 


Captain, 


Franklin. 




M. St. John, 


let Lt. 






J. 0. Allen, 


2d do 




1862. 


F. F. Bruner, 


Captain, 


Lecompton — cavalr; 




Thos. Secreet, 


1st Lt. 






J. B. Johnson, 


2d do 






R. H. Patty, 


3d do 
Ensign. 




Dec. 3. 


Milton Pettibone, 


Captain, 


Black Jack — cavalr; 




Geo. W. Wood, 


1st Lt. 






Mathew Thompson, 


2d Lt. 




Dec. 3. 


John H. Wilder, 


Captain, 


Lawrence. 




Fred. Kimball, 


1st Lt. 






S. P. Wemple, 


3d do 






Edward Kimball, 


3d do 
Ensign. 




Dec. 4. 


Sam'l H. Cramer, 


Captain, 


Black Jack. 




A. A. Adams, 


1st Lt. 






John S. Mallroy, 


2d do 






FRANKLIN 


COUNTY. 




1861. 


Thos. J. Mewhenny, 


Captain, 


Ottawa Guards, 


May i. 


Jas. P. Moore, 


1st Lt. 






E. Capple, 


2d do 


' 




H. H. Wiggins, 


3d do 
Ensign. 




May 8. 


G. W. Ashby, 


Captain. 






J. Latham, 


1st Lt. 






Jas. Fitton, 


2d do 






A. W. Rabb, 


3d do 






Jas. Cunningham, 


Ensign. 




June 10. 


Albert Wiley, 


Captain, 






Wm. R. Frost, 


1st Lt. 






Wm. Pennock, 


2d do 






John Parkinson, 


Ensign. 







ADJUTANT 


GENERAL S REPORT. 


1862. 


John Stafford, 


Captain, 


Oct. 16. 


M. St. John, 


1st Lt. 




J. O. Allen, 


2d do 



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Infantry. 



Second Regiment composed of the volunteer companies in the 
counties of Johnson, Lykins and Wyandotte — ^the Mansfield Blues, 
Scott Township Company, and Company " I" of Linn county. 

COLONEL— W. Y. Roberts, 

LT. COLONEL— John T. Burris, 

MAJOR — Jas. R. Parr. 



JOHNSON COUNTY. 



April 30. 



May 4. 



May 9. 



May 17. 



May 23. 



July 8. 



Osmer Green, 


Captain. 


"Union Guards." 


Thos. Stevenson, 


1st Lt. 




Aaron Mann, 


2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 




S. F. Hill, 


Captain, 


"Olathe Union 


J. W. Parmeter, 


1st Lt. 


Guarcs." 


Evan Shivener, 


2d do 


Olathe. 


S. Saunders, 


3d do 




John Jones, 


Ensign. 




S. F. Dayton, 


Captain, 


"Spring Hill Rifles." 


David Duff, 


Ist Lt. 




John Moser, 


2d do 




James Sweeting, 


3d do 




A, B. Simmons, 


Ensign. 




Chas. G. Keeler, 


Captain, 


"Shawnee Rifle 


B. W. Hartley, 


1st Lt. 


Company," 


A. Wallsmuth, 


2d do 


Shavrnee. 


David Johnson, • 


.3d do 




Joseph Mater, 


Ensign. 




Thos. E. Millhoan, 


Captain, 


"Olathe Minute 


G. W. Waugh, 


1st Lt. 


Men," 


Pat. Cosgrove, 


2d do 


Olathe. 


Philander Craig, 


3d do 




John Kenton, 


Ensign. 




A. W. Rose, 


Captain, 


"Shawnee Blues," 


C. G. Keeler, 


1st Lt. 


Shawnee. 


W. P. Moppin, 


2d do 




J. T. Roland, 


3d do 




C. A. Williams, 


Ensign. 





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July 11. 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



July 23. 



July 28. 



1862. 
Oct. 14. 



Oct. 14. 



April 5. 



April 8. 



April 8. 



J. B. Hovey, 
Thos. W. Parker, 
J. H. Jackson, 
David Sprong, 
A. B. Simons, 

David Duff, 
Wm. Holden, 

A. B. Messman, 
Chas. Flanders, 
F. H. Medrick, 

Alden Noteman, 
Grimsburg Fickle, 

B. P. Schneider, 
Thomas Frikle, 
John Stipp, 



John A. Kenton, 
Thos. L. Hogan, 
Douglas D. McDougal, 



John Hosier, 
Thos. A. Parker, 
Frank Trekel, 



LYKINS COUNTY - 

Reuben Smith, 
Jas. Merrill, 
R. A. Pattern, 



D. B. Wilson, 
G. H. Stockwell, 
P. O. English, 



Eli Snyder, 
D. B. Martin, 
J. L. Baker, 



Captain, 
let Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
.3d do 

Ensign. 

Captain, ' 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

(now Miami; 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign, 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 



"Spring Hill 
Union Guards.' 



"Mustang Grays," 
Spring Hill. 



'Aubery Cavalry," 
Aubery. 



Monticello 

Infantry. 

Elected Sept. 29. 



Spring Hill. 



'Lykins County 
Guards." 



"Union Guards.' 



' Ossawattomie 
Artillery." 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



25 



April 8. 



May 1. 



May 4. 



May 9. 



June 1st. 



June 1st. 



June 8. 



June 8. 



July 23. 



H. H. Williams, 
Robt. Lapsley, 
A. Gore, 



A. J. Shawm, 
E. W. Robinson, 
H. C. Chase, 
Saml. D. Irwin, 

William B. Keith, 
A. J. Roscoe, 
Asahel Hunt, 



Johnson Clark, 
Cyrus Shaw, 
Enos Agnell, 
M. V. Jackson, 

W. H. Hiner, 
Aaron Thomas, 
S. A. Jackson, 



Wm. P. Button, 
Robt. Shurer, 
John T. Billings, 
William Strong, 
Edward B. Judd, 

S. A. Kaufman, 
A. Knapp, 
Wm. Piggott, 
E. Downing, 

Wm. B. Carpenter, 
Cornelius Knapp, 
Andrew J. Loomis, 
Samuel Marshall, 

W. R. WagstaflF, 
Henry Torry, 
Knowles Shaw, 
J. B. Hobson, 
J. B. Phillips, 



Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

Captain 
Ist Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

Captain. 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign, 

Captain, 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

Captain, 
Ist Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 

Captain, 
Ist Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 

Ensign, 

Captain, 
1st. Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 



"Osage Rifle Co." 



"Paola Union 
Guards." 



" Western Reserve 
Rifle Co." 



"Mounted Rifles" 
New Lancaster. 



Steuben Guards" 



"Mounted Border 
Rangers," 



"Twin Springs 
Company." 



" Paola Artillery," 



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ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



Oct. 4. 



Oct. 14. 



Oct. U. 



May 2d 



May 3. 



May 4. 



May 6. 



May 11. 



Seth Clover, 


Captain, 


"Paola Artillery." 


G. W. Brown, 


1st Lt. 




William Crowell, 


2d do 




A. B. Light, 


3d do 
Ensign. 




B. E. Bryant, 


Captain, 


Stanton— Cavalry, 


L. Wilkereon, 


1st Lt. 


Miami Co. 


Chas. Rice, 


2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 




John P. Dodd, 


Captain, 


Osawattomie 


John K. Trott, 


1st Lt. 


Cavalry. 


Richard Williams, 


2d do 




Jonas King, 


3d do 
Ensign. 




G. H. Hume, 


Captain, 


New Lancaster 


John Massey, 


1st Lt. 




R. L. Hiner, 


2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 




WYANDOTTE 


COUNTY. 




A. C. Davis, 


Captain, 


"Wyandotte 


Wm. P. Overton, 


let Lt. 


Cavalry" 


L. M. Cox, 


2d do 


Wyandotte. 


Isaiah Walker, 


3d do 




Nicholas McAlpin, 


Ensign, 




John Thrasher, 


Captain. 


Wyandotte 


John H. Millar, 


1st Lt. 


Artillery 


Philip Hesher, 


2d Lt. 


Wyandotte 


Francis Skorkie, 


3d do 




Philip Knoblocks, 


Ensign, 




Geo. W. Veale, 


Captain, 


"Quindaro 


J. B. Dexter, 


Ist Lt. 


Guards" 


A. J. Totten, 


2d do 


Quindaro. 


Theodore Bartles, 


.3d do 
Ensign. 




J. H. Harris. 


Captain, 


Wyandotte 


Isaac N. White, 


1st Lt. 


Guards 


Stephen A. Cobb, 


2d do 




Byron Judd, 


3d do 




J. S. Stockton, 


Ensign. 




W. Y. Roberts, 


Captain, 


"Kansas Mounted 


J. G. Fisk, 


1st Lt. 


Rifles" 


J. W. Dyer, 


2d do 


Wyandotte. 


John P. Alden, 


3d do 




S. M. Stevens, 


Ensign. 





Oct. 10. 



Oct. 23. 



April 24. 



Feb. 23. 



Sept. 23. 



AD.JUTANT GENERAL S REPORT, 27 


Leonard Lake, 


Captain, 




B. P. Lucas, 


1st Lt. 




Wm. Youngman, 


2dLt. 




Jacob Whitroun, 


3dLt. 




James M. Clairmdt, 


Ensign. 




C. H. N. Moore, 


Captain, 




I. P. Long, 


1st Lt. 




D. Brennan, 


2d Lt. 




L. Lemons, 


3dLt. 




Wm. Long, 


Ensign. 




E. Brown, 


Captain, 


Mansfield Blues 


B. B. Mitchell, 


1st Lt. 


of 


Jas. Robinson, 


2dLt. 


Lykins Co., 


W. M. Beavens, 


.3d Lt. 


Attached to 




Ensign 


Second Regiment. 


E. S. Scott, 


Captain, 


Company "I" 


R. P. Stevens, 


1st Lt. 


Attached to 


E. N. Evarts, 


2dLt. 
3dLt. 
Ensign. 


Second Regiment, 


Isaac N. White, 


Captain, 


Wyandotte 


Stephen A. Cobb, 


1st Lt. 


Infantry. 


Chae. S. Glick, 


2d do 




Byron Judd, 


3d do 




Isaac B. Sharp, 


Ensign. 





Third Regiment composed of Sharp's Rifle Guards, and compan- 
ies A. E. ife G., in Linn county, and all the companies in Bourbon 
and Cherokee counties. 

COLONEL — Saml. Steveson. 
LT. COLONEL — C. R. Jennison. 
MAJOR— J. H. Tucker. 



LINN COUNTY. 

Feb. 23. J. F. Broadhead, 
J. C. Haight, 
John P. Wheeler, 



Feb. 23. Zacheus Grower, 
Michael Tipper, 
John Ashwood, 



Captain, 


Company "A" 


1st Lt. 


Mound City. 


2d do 




3d do 




Ensign. 




Captain, 


Company "B" 


1st Lt. 




2d do 




3d do 




Ensign. 





28 


ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 


Feb. 23. 


Benj. A. Rice, 
E. C. Buck, 


Captain, 

1st Lt. 


Company "C". 




■ J. G. Rice, 


2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 




Feb. 23. 


G. W. Dodge, 
G. W. Witt, 


Captain, 
1st Lt. 


Company "D" 




V. Huiton. 


2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 




Feb. 23. 


Theodore F. Wilson, 
Thos W. Crawford, 


Captain, 
1st Lt. 


Company "E" 




Jas. E. Tyhurst, 


2d do 
3dLt. 

Ensign. 




Feb. 23. 


Jas. Stevens, 
M. L. Wilmot 


Captain. 

IstLt. 


Company "F". 




Chas. Haller, 


2d do 
3d. do 
Ensign. 




Feb. 23. 


John Bever, 
Wm. B. Scott, 


Captain, 
• 1st Lt. 


Company "G" 




M. M. Carbon, 


2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 




Feb. 23. 


Saml. Stevenson, 
David Stenfield, 


Captain, 
1st Lt. 


Company "H." 




David Morrow, 


2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 

Captain. 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 




Feb. 25. 


J. H. Tucker, 
Jas. Ridgely, 
John S. Lane, 


Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 


Company "J" 


May 25. 


E. H. Hill, 
William Robinson, 


Captain, 
1st Lt. 


"Twin Springs 
Union Guards." 




Jas. Stiles, 


2d do 






Wm. A. Stiles, 


3d do 




- 




Ensign. 







ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 29 


Aug. 9. 


John T. Alexander, 


Captain, 


"Keokuk Cavalry." 




John F. Cliflford, 


Ist Lt. 






Calvin McDaniels, 


2d do 






Fergas H. Graham, 


3d do 






Herbei-t Robinson, 


Ensign. 




1862. 








Oct. 4. 


H. D. Ward, 


Captain, 


"Twin Springs 




J. H. Milton, 


1st Lt. 


Cavalry." 




J. Young, 


2d do 






J. H. Jones, 


3d do 
Ensign. 






BOURBON 


COUNTY. 




April 8. 


Andrew Hardy, 


Captain, 


"Marmaton Rifle 




David Shoen, 


1st Lt. 


Company." 




B. E. Wood, 


2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 




May 30. 


Orlando Durkee, 


Captain, 


"Home Guard." 




Calvin S. Clark, 


1st Lt. 






Isaac N, Mill, 


2d do 






John M. Brown, 


.3d do 






J. S. Wade, 


Ensign. 




June Ist. 


Joshua B. Harmon, 


Captain, 


" Barnesville 




Thomas Lakin, 


1st Lt. 


Home Guards." 




Rich'd Moore, 


2d do 
3d do 






Wm. Wentworth, 


Ensign. 




June 1st. 


C. W. Blair, 


Captain, 


"Frontier 




W. C. Ransom 


1st Lt. 


Guards." 




William Gallagher, 


2d do 






A. R. Allison, 


3d do 

Ensign. 




June Ist. 


A. W. Burton, 


Captain, 


"Freedom Rifle 




David B. Roberts, 


1st Lt. 


Guards" 




Joseph Fuller, 


2d do 






J. Burton, 


3d do 






Pat. Deverany, 






June 10. 


0. P. Payne 


Captain, 


"Little Osage 




W. L. Robinson, 


1st Lt. 


Cavalry." 




Sam'l Christ, 


2d do 






Israel Holbrook, 


3d do 






Daniel Boyne, 


Ensign. 


- 



30 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



July 9. R. Jewell, 

John Rodgers, 
Levi Hatch, 
Wm. J. Hartley, 
John Conrad, 

July 18. W. C. Campbell, 
S. B. Gordon, 
C O. Judson, 
J. F. White, 
O. S. Dillon, 

July 23. Jas. F. Holt, 

John D. Mitchell, 
Wm. B. Holt, 
John W. Wells, 

Aug. 12. Peter Riley, 
Wm. Seavers, 
Chas. Wells, 
William H. Ward, 
Milton Carpenter, 

Aug. 19. Isaac Stadder, 

Jesse C. Hinckley, 
Nathaniel Ford, 
George I. Eves, 

Aug. 19. David Hubbard, 
Edward Smith, 
F. Gleason, 



Aug. 30. Zacheus Grover, 
Michael Tiffey, 
Daniel C. Knowlee, 
E. J. Scott, 



Captain, 
let Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

Captain 
let Lt. 
2d do 
3dLt. 



"Home Guards." 



'Frontier Guard" 
No. 2. 



"Marion Mounted 
Grays." 



Mount Vernon 
Guards. 



Rockford 
Infantry. 



"Marion Home 
Guards." 



Home Guard, 



Fourth Regiment, composed of the Companies of Shawnee and 
Osage counties; (Wabaunsee county is by act of the Legislature at- 
tached to the Northern Div.) 

COLONEL— D. H. Hobne. 

LT. COLONEL — S. A. Fairchild. 

MAJOR — K. McAlster. 



April 22. 



SHAWNEE 


COUNTY. 




Levi Horn, 


Captain 


Topeka Guards, 


John Mofflt, 


1st Lt. 




L. Wentworth, 


2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 





ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



31 



April 22. 



April 22. 



April 22. 



April 25. 



May 4. 



May 7. 



May 10. 



May 11. 



1862. 
Sept. 17. 



Theron Tucker, 
S. P. Thompson, 
Jae. R. Parker, 



A. H. Hale, 
T. W. Scudder, 
L. Dow, 



R. A. Randlett, 
Thos. W. Fields 
Chas. Kemble, 



Jacob Home, 
John Armstrong, 
Tobias Billings, 
N. W. Cox, 
G. G. Gage, 

Joseph Weaver, 
H. W. Martin, 
S. G. Disbrow, 
J. R. Bartlesou, 
Jas. W. Dolman, 

J. L. Huggins, 
W. C. Giipatrick, 
Henry S. Shumway, 
Wm. Vansickleg, 
Alfred J. Loyd, 

Harvey McCaslin, 
P. J. Bonebrake, 
G. W. Combs, 
C. P. Russell, 
Wm. Beckers, 

J. W. Reed, 
E. B. Smith, 
David Copeland, 
Oscar Clark, 
G. W. Clark, 

Reuben Randlett, 
Fry W. Giles, 
Jas. Parker, 
George Doane, 
Hugh Kullak, 



Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
.3d do 

Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 

Ensign. 

Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 



Topeka Cavalry. 



Topeka Dragoons. 



Constitutional 
Guards. 



Topeka "Flying 
Artillery." 



Kansas Rangers. 



"Auburn Light 
Dragons." 



"Auburn Rifles." 



■Tecumseh Home 
Guard." 



"Topeka 
Cavalry" 



32 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



Sept. 19. 


Loring Farnsworth, 


Captain, 




Chas. A. Stringham, 


1st Lt. 




David A. Hunter, 


2d do 




Jas. A. Hickey, 


3d do 




H. B. Woodley, 


Ensign. 


1861 


OSAGE 


COUNTY. 


May 10. 


Thos. Block, 


Captain, 




Jas. Rodgers, 


let Lt. 




Jas. R. Steward, 


2d do 




Wm. Y. Drew, 


3d do 




Harrison Dubois, 


Ensign. 



' Topeka Infantry. 



Fifth Regiment composed of the companies in Anderson, Allen, 
Dorn, Woodson and Coffey counties. 



April 29. 



May 7. 



May 8. 



May 10. 



May 17. 



COLONEL 






LT. COLONEL 




MAJOR — 






ANDERSON 


COUNTY. 




Jas. McLaughlin, 


Captain, 


"Union Guards." 


Daniel D. Judy, 


1st Lt. 




B. F. Ridgeway, 


2d do 




S. J. Crawford, 


3d do 




Thos. Lindsley, 


Ensign. 




D. H. Johnson, 


Captain, 


"Greeley Riflemen." 


Francis McShoen, 


1st Lt. 




John McLinn, 


2d do 




A. R. Newman, 


3d do 




Alex. Rush, 


Ensign. 




J. G. Rees, 


Captain, 


"Pottawatomie 


Jas. G. Blunt, 


1st Lt. 


Rifles." 


Westly Spender, 


2d do 




John Rambo, 


Captain, 


"Osage Mounted 


Thos. Russell, 


Ist Lt. 


Rifles." 


Davies B. Burdick, 


2d do 




Ira Philbrick, 


3d do 




Robert Beard, 


Ensign. 




John E. Stewart, 


Captain, 


"Kansas Rangers." 


John Bowler, 


1st Lt. 




W. J. Buchan, 


2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 





May 29. 



July 13. 



Aug. 27. 



May 10. 



July 13. 



July 13. 



July 23. 



July 27. 



ADJUTANT ©ENERAL S REPORT. 66 


S. J. Crawford, 


Captain, 


"Kansas Guards." 


Jas. G. Blunt, 


1st Lt. 




A. R. Morton, 


2d do. 




J. G. Lindsay, 


3d do 




Henry August, 


Ensign. 




Alex McArthur, 


Captain, 


"Hyatt Guards." 


John Hern, 


1st Lt. 




Alfred W. Phillips, 


2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 




J. D. Heasley, 


Captain, 


"Osage Guards.' 


John Mann, 


1st Lt. 




Jas. Anderson, 


2d do 




S. M. Macoon, 


3d do 




A. G. West, 


Ensign. 




ALLEN ( 


BOUNTY. 




J. W. Tibbits, 


Captain, 


"Allen County 


A. S. Dombergh, 


1st Lt. 


Guards." 


F. M. Whitlow, 


2d do 




Chas. Ballard, 


3d do 
Ensign. 




D. Rogers, 


Captain, 


"Neosho Rifle 


Edwin H. Cole, 


Ist Lt. 


Guards." 


S. F. Ditmess, 


2d do 




Joseph Oliver, 


3d do 




S. E. Beach, 


Ensign. 




H. C Bostwick, 


Captain, 


"lola Rangers," 


H. D. Parsons, 


1st Lt. 




J. S. Arnold, 


2d do 




Henry M. Ellis, 


3d do 




Alex. Stewart, 


Ensign. 




A. W. Brown, 


Captain, 


"lola Guards," 


Wm. S. Newby, 


1st Lt. 




B. H. Neff, 


2d do 




Wtn. J. Sawner, 


3d do 




John A. Hart, 


Ensign. 




D. S. Barbaker, 


Captain, 


" lola Rifle 


Charles Briggs, 


1st Lt. 


Guard." 


Jas. R. Montgomery, 


2d do 




Jae. H. Hollenstein, 


3d do 




Wm. H. Cocoran, 


Ensign. 




—4 







34 




ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 


Aug 


. 28. 


Frank M. Whitlow, 
Moses Neal, 
J. H. Signor, 


Captain, 
1st Lt. 
2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 




May 


30. 


J. N. Phillips, 


Captain, 


"Rough and Ready 






Eli Gilbert, 


1st Lt. 


Rifle Company." 






W. W. Mills, 


2d do 








D. M. Stewart, 


.3d do 








Rufus Estes, 


Ensign. 








COFFEY 


COUNTY. 




May 


9. 


Harrison Kelley, 


Captain, 


" Ottawa Volunteer 






Wm. R. Smith, 


1st Lt. 


Rifle Company." 






J. H. Trent, 


2d do 








Henry Graham, 


3d do 








William Garnett, 


Ensign. 




May 


23. 


R. J. Webster, 


Captain, 


"Leroy Union 






0. H. Howard, 


1st Lt. 


Rifle Company." 






D. C. Hoosic, 


2d do 








J. M. Cole, 


3d do 








Delow Miller, 


Ensign. 




May 


30. 


G. W. Stevens, 


Cjiptain, 


" Burlington 






John Whistler, 


1st Lt. 


Guards." 






J. S. Martin, . 


2d do 








J. S. Vance, 


3d do 








James M. Munson, 


Ensign. 








WOODSON 


COUNTY'. 




May 


23. 


B. F. Gass, 


Captain, 


" Neosho Falls 






0. P. Haughaunt, 


1st Lt. 


Union Rifles." 



J. W. Dow, 2d do 

3d do 

Ensign. 



Sixth Regiment, composed of the companies in the counties of 
Breckinridge, Morris, Chase, Butler, Marion, Greenwood, Godfrey- 

COLONEL, . 



LT. COLONEL, 

MAJOR, . 

LYON COUNTY. 

April 20. W. F. Claud, Captain, 

Jas. B. Cox, 1st Lt. 

Jas. A. Fuller, 2d do 

3d do 
Ensign, 



"Emporia 
Guards." 



April 22. 



May 1. 



1862. 
Oct. 27. 



1861. 
July 23. 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 3 


A. J. Mitchell, 


Captain 




C. F. Oakfield, 


1st Lt. 




T. P. Hall, 


2d do 




C. A. Britton, 


.3d do 




Aaron Miller, 


Ensign. 




Watson Foster, 


Captain, 




John Welles, 


1st Lt. 




J. G. W. Stinson, 


2d do 




Chas. E. Payne, 


3d do 




F. E. Anglesworth, 


Ensign. 




Jas. C. Bunch, 


Captain, 


Neoeho Rapids 


Geo. R. Hasper, 


1st Lt. 


Lyon County. 


Wm. F. Vauguady, 


2d do 
3d do 
Ensign. 





BUTLER COUNTY. 

Jas. Craft, Captain, 

J. B. Goodnell, 1st Lt. 

J. B. Sands, 2d do 

Henry Martin, 3d do 

Ensign. 



"Mounted Rifles," 



SCHEDULE !'C." 

Jiosfers of the Begiments of Volunteers. 
First Regiment Infantry, Organized June 1, 1861 ; now in Ten- 
nessee, Department of the Mississippi. 



Name of Officer. 


Rank 


Letter 


Date App'mt 


Date of Rank. 


Geo. W. Deitzler, 


Colonel. 








O. M. Tennison, 


Lt. Col. 




Aug. 16, '62 


Aug. 1, 1862 


Wra. Y. Roberts, 


Major, 




July 24, 62 


May 12, " 


Geo. E. Budington, 


Surgeon, 




July '61 




M. Bailey 


A. Surg'n 




May 26, '62 




Chas. King, 










Rev. E. Nute, Jr., 


Chaplain 




June 10, '61. 




John A. Henry, 


Adjutant 








Wilson Mills, 


Qr. Master. 








B. P. Chenowerth, 


Captain 


A 






John P. Alden, 


do 


B 


July 24, '62 


May 12, '62 


P. McFarland 


do 


C 






Newell W. Spicer, 


do 


D 


May 26, '62 




Lewis Stafford, 


do 


E 






Theron Tucker, 


eio 


F 


May 26, '62 




Ed. S. Nash, 


do 


G 


Nov. 1, '62 


June 1, '62 


Sylvester T. Smith, 


do 


H 


Oct. 22, '62 




Gustavus Zesch, 


do 


I 






James Ketner, 


do 


K 







ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



FIRST REGIMENT — Infantry — Concluded. 



Name of OfHcer, 


Rank 


Letter 


Date App'mt 


Date of Rank. 


Robert A. Tracy, 


1st Lt. 


A 


Nov. 1st, '62 




Michael Mack. 


do 


B 


Oct. 15. do 




Jas. Reed, 


do 


C 






John W. Stone, 


do 


D 


May 26, '62 




Geo. M. Reeder, 


do 


E 


May 27, '62 




S. P. Thompson, 


do 


F 


July 30, '62 




Abraham Funk, 


do 


G 


do do 




H, M, Howard, 


do 


H 






Frederick Hubert, 


do 


I 


July 29, '62 




John W. Murphy, 


do 


K 


Oct. 8, '62. 




Christopher H. Ford 


2nd Lt. 


A 


Nov. 1, '62 




Aaron B. Merrill, 


do 


B 


July 24, '62, 


May 12, '62 


Eiiward Reilley, 


do 


C 






Milton Kennedy, 


do 


D 


May 26, '62 




J. H. Rowan, 


do 


E 






Fred W. Peatz, 


do 


F 


July 30, '62 




Alonzo J. Brown, 


do 


G 


d6 do 




George M. Dilworth, 


do 


H 






Francis Becker, 


do 


I 


Oct. 29, '62 




George W. Hutt. 


do 


K 


Oct. 8, '62. 





Strength of Regiment per last report, 652 men. 



Second Regiment, Cavalry, organized in June 1861 as Infantry, 
and reorganized as Cavalry in March 1862; nov? in Arkansas. 



Name of Officer, 


Rank 


Letter 


Date of Com. 


Date of Rank. 


Owen A. Bassett, 


Colonel 






May 27, '62 


Chas. W. Blair, 


Lt. Col. 






May 30, '62 


Julius G. Fisk, 


1st Major 






Jan. 1, 1862 


Crawford, 


2d Major 








James M. Pomeroy, 


Bd Major 






Feb, 28, do 


Joseph P. Root, 


Surgeon. 






Dec, 31, '61 


John W. Robinson, 


A, Surg'n 






Oct. 22. '62 


Rev. C. Reynolds, 


Chaplain, 






Feb. 25. do 


Cyrus L. Gorton, 


Qr. Master. 








Byron P. Ayers, 


Captain 


I 




March 26, do 


Henry Hopkins, 


do 






Nov. 27. '61 


Daniel S. Whitenhall, 


do 


C 




Dec, 11. do 


Amaziah Moore, 


do 


D 




do do 


John Gardner, 


do 


E 




Dec. 16. '61 


Hugh CameroH, 


do 


F 




Dec. 27, do 


Austin W. Matthews, 


do 


G 




Jan'y 7, '62 


Arthur Gunther, 


do 


H 




March i, '62 


Samuel Crawford, 


do 


A 






E. C. D. Lines, 


do 


K 


Dec. 25, '62 


Dec. 17, '62 


P. B. Mitchell, 


1st Lieut 


K 




June 9, '62 


Joseph Cracklin, 


do 






March 20, do 


D. R. ColcDian, 


do 






March 20, do 


Wm. W. House, 


do 






July 14, do 


Horace L. Moore, 


do 


D 




May 1, do 


R. H. Hunt, 


do • 


I 




Nov. 23, '61 


J. Carey French, 


do 






Dec. 22. do 


David E. Ballard, 


do 


H 






John Johnston, 


do 






Nov. 15, do 


S. R. Crop, 


2dLt. 






April 15, '62 


J. W. Mentzer, 


do 






June 9, do 


John B. Dexter, 


do 


D 




JuHe 5, do 


B. S. Basset, 


do 






May 15, do 


John A. Lee, 


do 


F 




March 13, do 


John H. Rankin, 


do 


H 




do 4, do 


C. Dimon, 


do 


I 




Feb. 25, do 


Albert Shroeder, 


do 






Dec. 27,. 'SI 



Number of men as ahown by last report, 796. 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



37 



Fifth Regiment organized in 1861, serving now in Arkansas, near 
Helena. 



Names 


Rank 


Letter 


Date of Com. 


Date of Rank. 


Powell Clayton, 


Colonel 




March 7, '62 




Wilton A. Jenkins, 


Lt. Col. 




May 20, '62 


May 1, '62 


Samuel Walker, 


1st Maj. 




May 24, 'Gi 




T. VV. Scudder, 


2d do 




Aug. 28, "62 




A. J. Huntoon, 


Surgeon 




M'ch 1, '62 


Jan. 1, '62 


Wm. B. Carpenter, 


A. Surg'n 




May 26, "62 




H. D. Fisher, 


Chaplain 








Geo. W. De Costa, 


Adjutant 




Sept. 15, '62 




Alfred Gray, 


Q. M. 




Transfer'd fro 


Ti the 4th Reg't 


William F. Creitz, 


Captain 


A 


Dec. 25, '61 


Sept. 11, '61 


H. H. Relley, 


do 


B 


June 17, '62 




C. Gibson, 


do 


C 


Dec. 25, '61 


Aug, 12, '61 


J. F. Young, 


do 


E 


May 20, '62 


April 1. '62 


Henry Moore, 


do 


F 


Dec. 31, '62 




E. G. Pierce, 


do 


G 


Feb. 20, '62 




S. C. Thompson, 


do 


H 


May 20, "62 


April 1, '62 


E. J. Barnes, 


do 


I 


Nov. 1, '62 


Sept. 15, '62 


S. R. Harrington, 


do 


K 


Aug. 2S, '62 




Stephen J. Jennings, 


1st Lt. 


A 


Sept. 16, '62 


April 8, '62 


Alfred Gray, 


do 


B 






Jeremiah Saunders, 


do 


V 


Sept. 11, '62 


April 8, '62 


E. W. Jenkins, 


do 


G 


Nov. 1, '62 


Sept. 17, '62 


Alfred Brant. 


do 


H 


M'ch 17, do 




Edwin D. Hillyer, 


do 


I 


Feb. 20. do 




James M. Heddens, 


do 


K 


Oct. 1, do 


Aug. 1, '62 


Ansel D. Biown, 


do 


F 


Dec. 31, '62 


date of com. 


Joseph McCarty, 


2d Lt. 


A 


Sept. 16. '62 


April 8, '62 


F. M. Clark, 


do 
do 
do 


B 
C 
D 


May 2u, do 


April 1, do 


Orlin E. Morse. 


Jan. 30. '62 


July 24, '61 


Henry Simons, 


do 


E 






Grover Young, 


do 


F 


Dec. 31, '62 


date of com. 


A. J. Folten, 


do 


G 


Nov. 1, '62 


Sept. 17, '62 


Mason VV. Benjamin, 


do 


H 


M'ch 17, '62 




Andrew Fyfe, 


do 
do 


I 
K 






J. W. Hendrix, 


do 




M'ch 20, 62 




S. K. Thacker, 


do 




Feb. 26, do 




A. Rusch, 


do 




Nov. 20. '61 





Aggregate number of men per last report, 726, 



Sixth Regiment organized in 1861, now in Arkansas, Army of the 
Frontier. 



Name of OlBcer 


Rank 


Letter 


Date of Com. 


Date of Rank 


Wm. R. Judson, 


Colonel, 




April 1, '62 


Sept. 10, '61 


Wm. J. Campbell, 


Lt. Col. 




Dec. 6, '62 


Dec. 1, '62 


W. C. Ransom, 


Major 




M'ch 14, '62 


M'ch 14, '62 


Geo. W. Veale, 


Major 




Dec. 27, '62 


Dec. 1, -62 


J. S. Redlield, 


Surgeon 




Feb. 19, '62 


Sept. 23, '61 


Rev. R. P. Duvall, 


Chaplain, 




April 1, '62 


April 1, '62 


J. Stadden, 


1st Lt&RAdjt. 




M'ch 14, '62 




S. P. Gordon. 


1st Lt & Q. M. 




do do do 




George W. Veale, 


Captain, 


A 




July 1861 


Jacob Morehead, 


do 


B 


Dec. 6, '62 


Dec. 1, '61 


H. S. Greno, 


do 


C 






John S. Lane, 


do 


D 


Nov. 22, '62 




H. M. Dabyus, 


do 


E 


April 1, do 




William Gordon, 


do 


F 


Aug. 28, do 




N. B. Lucas. 


do 


G 


Feb. 4, do 


Dec. 28, '61 


David Mefford, 


do 


H 


M'ch 6, do 


Feb. 1, '62 


John H. Vansickles, 


do 


I 


May 24, do 


Feb. 10, '62 


John Rodgers, 


do 


K 


April 1, do 





38 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT, 



SIXTH REGIMENT — Concluded. 




Name of Officer 


Rank 


Letter 


Date of Com. 


Date of Rank 


Johu A. Johnson, 


1st Lt. 


A 


Sept. 11. '62 


Sept. 1, '62 


R. R. McGuire, 


do 


B 


Dec. 6, do 


Dec. 1, '61 


B. D. Benedict, 


do 


E 


April 1, do 




William R. Judson, Jr 


do 


F 


Nov. 7, do 




Charles W. Ford, 


do 


I 


May 24, '62 


Feb. 10, '62 


G. J. Clarks, 


do 


K 


M'che, do 


Feb. 1, '62 


John M. Long, 


do 




Feb. 24, do 


Dec. 28, '61 


W. S. Newberry, 


do 




Feb. 19, do 


Sept. 22, '61 


Thomas J. Darling, 


2d Lt. 


A 


Sept. 11, '62 


Sept. 1, '62 


Silas D. Harris, 


do 


B 


Dec. 6, do 


Dec. 1, do 


David Qoss, 


do 


D 


Nov. 1, do 


Oct. 1, do 


A. J. Walker, 


do 


E 


April 1, do 




Jno. B. Grassburger, 


do 


F 


Sept. 25, do 




J. C. Dunn, 


do 


G 


M'ch 14, do 




Aaron R. Allison, 


do 


I 


June 26, do 




C. H. Campbell, 


do 


H 


M'che, do 


Feb. 1, '62 


R. A. Phillips, 


do 


C 


do 14, do 




J. G. Harris, 


do 


K 


April 1, do 





Strength of Regiment as per last report, 753. 



Seventh organized 


in 1861, now 


in Ten 


nessee. 




Names of Officers 


Rank 


Letter 


Date of app't 


Date of Rank 


A. L. Lee, 


Colonel 




May IT, '62 




Thos. P. Herrick, 


Lt. Col. 




.Sept. 19. do 


Sept. 3, '62 


John T. Snoddy, 


Major 




July 22, do 




C. S. Merriman, 


do 




Oct. 3, do 




Joseph L. Weaver, 


Surgeon 
A. Surg'n 




Jan. 11, '62 




Joseph L. Wilson, 


Chaplain 
Adjt 
Q. M. 




Dec. 16, '61 












Wm. O. Osgood, 


bat. Adj't. 




May 17, '62 




Levi H. Utt, 


Captain 


A 




Oct. 28, '61 


Fred. Swoyer, 


do 


B 




Sept. 5, '61 


W. S. Jenkins, 


do 


C 






C. H. Gregory, 


do 


E 




Oct. 9, '61 


F. M. Malone, 


do 


F 




do 17, do 


Ed. Thornton, 


do 


G 




d© 29, do 


John L. Merrick, 


do 


I 


Jan. 11, '62 


Nov. 5, '61 


D. W. Houston, 


do 


H 


July 24, do 




B. H. Bostwick, 


do 


K 


Oct. 3, do 


Sept. 4, 'S2 


John Kendall, 


do 




®ct. IS, '62 


Sept. 1, '62 


A. M. Pitts, 


do 


D 


Nov. 5, do 


Oct. 3, do 


Fred. W. Emery, 


1st Lt. 




Oct. 3, '62 




Charles L. Wall, 


do 


H 


do 18, do 


Sept. 1, '62 


John A. Tanner, 


do 


C 


do do do 


Sept. 4, do 


B. C. Saunders, 


do 


A 


Nov. 5, do 


Oct. 3, do 


L. P. Converse, 


do 




Nov. 7, do 


Sept. 4, do 


Andrew Downing, 


do 


D 


Sept. 3, '61 




C. H. Gregory, 


do 


E 


Aug. 4, '61 




Isaac Ganett, 


do 


B 


Oct. do 




Francis H. Ray, 


do 


C 


do 10 




R. M. Maryhugh, 


do 


E 


do 9 




R. H. Kerr, 


2dLt. 


G 


Feb. 11, '62 




J. Merrit Anthony, 


do 


A 


April 2, do 




Samuel Doolittle, 


do 




Oct. 18, do 


Sept. 1, '62 


Edward Colbert, 


do 


F 


do do do 


do 4, do 


Wm. Weston, 


do 


I 


Oct. 18. do 


Sept. 4, '62 


T. J. Woodburn, 


do 


K 


Oct. 1st do 




Isaiah Hughes, 




D 


Sept. 3, '61 


date of com. 


John Noys, Jr. 




£ 


Sept. 1, do 


do do do 


James Smith, 






Oct. 10, do 


do do do 


Charles E. Gordon, 






do 14, do 


do do do 


William S. Morehouse, 




B 


do 5, do 


do do do 


Christopher C. Thompson. 




G 


Oct. 29, do 


do do do 


Amos Hodgman, 




F 







Strength of Regiment as per last report, 811. 



ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 



39 



Eighth organized in 1861, for a home Guard Regiment, now 
ing in Tennessee. 



Names of OflBcers 



John A. Martin, 
Jas. L. Abernathy, 
Ed. F. Schneider, 
O. Chamberlain, 
G. W. Hogeboom, 
John Butterbaugh, 

A. Robinson, 



Sam'l Laighton, 
David Block, 
Jas. M. Graham, 
A. W. Williams, 
John Greelish, 
John Conover, 
N. Harrington, 
E. P. Trego. 
H. C. Austin, 
Wm. S. Herd, 

Roland Risdon, 
Chas. Altan, 
John C. Bechtold, 
S. B. Todd, 
Milton Rose, 
Wm. S. Newberry 
Robt. Flickinger, 
Frank Curtis, 
Marion Brooks, 
Jas. E. Love, 

Seth Foot, 
Claudius Keifler, 
R. R. Brigland, 
J. L. Graham, 
S. R. Washer, 
J. M. Hadley, 
Joseph Randolph, 
H. ®. Blackman, 

Wm. H. Babcock, 



Rank 



Colonel 
Lt. Col. 
.Major 
Surg'n 
Ass't do 
Ass"t do 
Adft 
Q. M. . 
Chaplam. 

Captain 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
de 

1st Lieut 
d,o 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 

2nd Lieut 
do 
do 
do 
do 
do 

do ' 
do 

do 



Letter 



Date of Com. 



Date of Rank. 



Sept. 6, '61 _ ^„ ,^, 

Di^. 13, '61 Dec. 10, '61 

Oct. 28. '61 Oct. '23, 61 
do 29, '62 

April 1, '62 April 1, '62 



A 


Nov. 7, '62 


Oct. 1. 1862 


B 




Sept. 3, '61 


C 


Sept. '20, '61 




D 


Nov. 9, '61 




E 


Sept. 13, '61 




K 






a 






w 


Jan. 30, '62 




I 


do 80, '62 




K 


do 31, '61 




A 


Nov. 7, '62 


Oct. 1, 186* 


B 


Sept. 


Sept. 3, 1861 


C 


Sept. 20, '61 


Oct. 21, do 


D 




Nov. 9, '31 


E 


Sept. 13, '61 




F 


Aug. 28, do 


Aug. 28, '61 


G 


Dec. 1st do 


Dec. 1, '61 


H 


Aug. 8, '61 


Aug. 8, '61 


I 


Jan. 30, '62 




K 


Oct. 10, '61 


Oct. 10, '61 


A 




Dec. 20, '61 


B 


July 28, '62 




c 




Oct. 21, '61 


D 




Nov. 9, '61 


E 


July 28, '62 




F 
G 


Dec. 20, '61 


Dec. 1, '61 


H 


Jan. 30, '62 




i 
K 


Jan.' 30, '62 





Strength of regiment as per last report, 875. 



Ninth, organized March 24, 1862, now in Arkansas. 



Names of Officers 



Edward Lynde, 

E. P. Bancroft, 
Jas. M. Pomeroy, 
Henry C. Bosburck, 
John W. Scott, 
Gilbert S. Northrop, 



Rank 



Colonel 
Lt. Cffll. 
1st Major 
2d do 
Surgeon 
Ass't do 
Chaplain 
Adjutant 
Q. M. 



Letter | Date of App't 

M'ch 24, '62 
M'ch 24, '62 
June 2, '62 




M'ch 28, '62 



40 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



NINTH REGIMENT -Concluded. 



Names of Officers 


Rank 


Letter 


Date of App't 


Date of Rank. 


G. F. Glark, 


Captain 


A 






Joseph Allen, 


do 


B 






John E. Stewart, 


do 


C 






C. F. Coleman, 


do 


D 






H. Flescher, 


do 


E 






B. F. Goss, 


do 


F 






M. Dowdna, 


do 


G 






T. P. Killen, 


do 


H 






H. N. F. Reed, 


do 


I 


May 28, '62 




John D. Wells, 


do 


K 


Nov. 26, '62 


date of com. 


Robert Madden, 


1st Lt. 




April 5, '62 




L. K. Thacher, 


do 




M'ch 26, '62 




A. G. Carpenter, 


do 




May 28, '62 




Nimrod Hawkins, 


do 




do do 




Mathew Cowley, 


do 




do do 




Jas. H. Young, 


do 
do 


H 

I 


Aug. 4, '62 




John K. Whitson, 


do 


K 


Nov. 26, '62. 




Henry Brandley, 


2d Lt. 


B 


June 2d, '62 




L. B. Conant, 


do 




May 28, '62 




Wm. Rosenthal!, 


do 




do do 




Jas. Crane, 


do 




do do 




Henry B. Hall, 
Franklin N. Sales, 


do 


G 


June 9, '62 




do 


K 


July 30. 





Strength of regiment as per last report, 897. 



Tenth organized March 27, '62, by consolidation of the 3d and 4th 
fragmentary regiments. 



Names 


Rank 


Letter. 


Date of Com. 


Date of Rank 


Wm. F. Cloud, 


Colonel 




March 27, '62 




H. H. Williams, 


Lt. Col. 




May 21, do 




John F. Broadhead, 


Major 




do do 




J. B. Woodward, 


Surgeon, 




April 1, do 


March 27, '62 


J. Gould Parker, 


A Surg'n 




Jan'y 15, do 




J. H. Drummond, 


Chaplain, 




May 24, do 


May 1, '62 


Z. B. Zularsky, 


Adjutant, 








Alfred J. Lloyd, 


Qr. Master, 




June 11, do 




Thomas E. Milhoan, 


Captain 


A 


June 23, '62 




M. Quigg, 


do 


B 


(Formerly of 


the 4th) 


George D. Brook, 


do 


C 


Sept. 11, '62 




C. S. Hills, 


do 


D 

E 
F 


May 16, do 


May 13, '62 


Nathan Price, 


do 


Sept. 11, d» 


Aug. 11, do 


J. M. Hawey, 


do 


G 


(Formerly of 


the 4th) 


S. J. Stewart, 


do 


H 


Dec. 22, '62 




W. C. Jones, 


do 


I 


June 23, '62 




Greenville Watson, 


do 


K 


May 16th, '62 


May 13, '62 


A. Gulter, 


1st Lt. 




April 5th, do 




J. K. Hudson, 


do 


C 


July 2, do 


Feb. 14, '62 


Fred. A. Smalley, 


do 


D 


Sept. 11, do 


Sept. 1, do 


Cyrus Leland, Jr. 


do 


F 


do do 


do do 


Horace G. Loring, 


do 


K 


Oct. 27. Ao 


Aug. 1, do 


S. J. Willis, 


do 


A 






David Shoen, 


do 


E 




July 24, '61 


William B. Stone, 


2dLt. 


A 


May 24, '62 




John Shein, 


do 




Aug. 28, do 




Robert W. Wood, 


do 


D 


Sept. 11, no 


Sept. 1, '62 


John Bryan, 


do 


F 


Oct. 27, do 




J. Sherrin, 


do 


K 


Oct. 27, do 


Aug. 1, do 


James A. Pope, 


do 


I 


July 24, do 


July 6, '62 



Strength of regiment as per last report 790. 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S RETORT. 



41 



Eleventh organized in 1862, under a call for 800,000 troops, by 
General Lane, under authority of Secretary of War. 



Names of Officers 


Rank 


Letter 


Date of Com. 


Date of Rank. 


Thos. Ewing, Jr. 


Colonel 




Nov. 28, '62 


Sept. 1. 1862 


Thos. Moonlight, 


Lt. Col. 




Nov. 28, '62 


Sept. 1, 1862 


P. B. Plumb. 


Major 




Nov. 28, '62 


11 11 


John W. Robinson,* 


Surgeon 




Aug. 29, ' ' 




ti. E. Martin,* 


Ast. Sur. 




Sept. 1, " 




J. P. Everickson, 


Chaplain 








Edgar H. Marcy, 


Adj't 
Qr. M. 




Jan. 2, '62 




Lyman Scott, Jr., 


Captain, 


A 
B 
C 


Sept. 8, '62 


Aug. 27, 1862. 














D 










E 






Jacob Q. Rees, 


Captain 


F 
G 
H 

I 
J 

A 


Nov. 1, '62 


Sept. 13, 1862 


Joel Huntoou, 




Oct. 22, '62 




F. H. Burris, 


1st Lt. 


Dee. 24. '62. 




A. C. Smith, 


' ' 


B 


Nov. 26, ' ' 


Aug. 30, 1862 


John G. Lindsay, 




F 


Nov. 1, '62 


Sept. 1, 1863 


Harrison Hannahs, 


2dLt. 


H 

A 
B 
r. 
D 

E 


Oct. 22, '62 




Geo. W. Simmons, 


2dLt. 


F 
G 


Nov. 1, '62 


• 


John W. Ridgway, 


2d Lt. 


H 


Oct. 22, '62 





*Not mustered — the Secretary of War claimed the right to control 
in the appointment of the officers and instructing the Mustering Of- 
ficer at Ft. Leavenworth not to muster them in. 

(Note. — Companies B, C, D, E, G, J, and K, have made no re- 
port of their muster into service, and there is no evidence on file in 
this office that any such companies have been organized.) 



Twelfth recruited by Gen. Lane, under authority of Secretary of 
War. 



Names of Officers 



Charles W. Blair* 
Harry S. Greno,* 
E. C. D. Lines,* 
C. R. Strickslager, 



Rank 



Col. 
Lt. Col. 
Major. 
Surgeon, 
As't Sur. 

Chaplain, 
Adj't. 
Qr. Mas'r, 



Letter 



Date of Com. 



Oct. 29, '62. 
Sept. 18, " 
Oct. 3U, " 
Oct. 30, " 



Date of Rank 



42 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



TWELFTH REGIMENT — Concluded. 



Names of Officers 


Rank 


Letter 


Date of Cc 


>m. Date of Rank 


James D. Chestnut, 


Captain 


A 


Oct. 


4, '6 


2 Aug. 25, 1862. 


Geo. W. Umberger, 






B 


Nov. 


1, • 


Sept. 25, ' • 


Nick S. Benter 






C 


Nov. 


11, ' 


Aug. 26, " 


Geo. W. Ashby, 






D 


Dec. 


29, ' 


Aug. 12, " 


James M. Steel, 






E 


Oct. 


27, ' 


Sept. 13, ' ' 


Clark McKay, 






F 


Nov. 


1, ' 


Sept. 26, ' ' 


Ezekiel Bunn 






G 


Nov. 


11, ' 


Aug. 26, " 








H 


Dec. 


6, ' 


Sept. 30, ' ' 


Joseph T. firordon. 






I 


Nov. 


3, ' 


1 II II 11 


John J. Sears, 






K 


Oct, 


22, ■ 




John H. Trtllis. 


First Lt. 


A 


Oct. 


4, '62 i Aug. 25, ' ' 


Lewis W. Hover, 






B 


Oct. 


27, ' 


Aug. 21, " 


Willard 0. Hubbell, 






C 


Nov. 


11, ' 


Aug. 26, " 


Henry Shively, 






D 


Dec. 


20, ' 


Aug. 12, " 


A. Jackson Jennings, 






E 


Oct. 


27, ' 


Sept. 13, ' ' 


G. W. S. Bell, 






F 


Nov. 


1, ' 


Sept. 26, • ' 


Alexander McArthur, 






G 


Nov. 


11, ' 


Aug. 26, " 


Augustus W. Burton, 






H 


Dec. 


6, ' 


Sept. 30, ' ' 


George Ellis, 






I 


Nov. 


3, ' 


Sept. 30, ' ' 


Peter J. Miserez, 






K 


Oct. 


22, ' 




N. R. Stene, 


2dLt. 


A 


Oct. 


4, '62 Aug. 2.5, 1862. 


Martin L. Town, 


do 


B 


Nov. 


], '62 Sept. 25, do 


Wm. B. Nichols, 


do 


C 


Nov. 


11, '62 , Aug. 26, do 


Alfred Johnson, 


do 


D 


Dec. 


20, '62 Aug. 12, do 


James H. Pleasants, 


do 


E 


Oct. 


27, '62 Sept. 13, do 


Allen Crocker, 


do 


F 


Nov. 


1, '62 Sept. 26, do 


Franklin Newell, 


do 


G 


Nov. 


11, '62 Aug. 26, do 


Wm. Pellett, 


do 


H 


Dec. 


6, '62 Sept. 30, 1862 


Wm. Barrett, 


d 


o 


K 


Oct. 


82, '62 



*Not mustered — the Secretary of War claiming the right to organize the 
regiment, and to control in the appointment of the officers. 

Nine companies have reported. Streagth, 818 men. 



Thirteenth regiment recruited under same authority as last two 
regiments. 



Naraee of Officers 


Rank 


Letter 


Date of Com. 


Date of Rank. 


F. B. Swift,* 
Chas. Chadwick,* 
S. C. Russell,* 
Geo. S. Hillyer,* 


Colonel, 
Lt. Col. 
Major, 
1st Lt&QM, 




Nov. 28, '62 
Dec. 9, '62 
Nov. 28, '62 
Sept. 18, '62 


Sept.l, 1862. 
Sept. 1, do 
Sept. 1, do 



* Not mustered for the reasons stated in regard to the mustering of the offi- 
cers of the I2th regiment. 



No report whatever has been made to this office of the organiza- 
tion of this regiment, or of any company composing it. 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



43 



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44 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL's REPORT. 



REPORT 

OF THE 

QUARTERMASTER GENERAL 

OF 

KANSAS. 

( Foe Year 1862.) 



To His Excellency the Governor, the Honordhle, the Senate 
and House of Representatives of the State of Kansas: 

Gentlemen : — At no period during the existence of our State was 
her situation so critical, and dangerous as at the time I was called 
upon by the Executive of the State, to accept the responsible posi- 
tion of Quartermaster General of Kansas. Feeling the importance 
and necessity of immediate action, I accepted the positioa, not how- 
ever, without reluctance. 

My commission bears the date May 4th, 1861, and was handed to 
me by His Excellency in person on the following day. Entering at 
once upon the duties of the office, and holding a requisition from the 
War Department upon Capt. J. L. Reno, the Chief of Ordnance, at 
Leavenworth Arsenal, for the delivery to the Governor of Kansas, a 
sufficient number of muskets calibre 69, and rifles calibre 51, together 
with accoutrements and amunition, to equip," two Regiments, each 
consisting of eight (8) companies of Infantry and two (2) of Rifles, 
seventy (70) men to a company ; an inventory of which is hereto an- 
nexed, marked A, and is made a part of this report; without delay, 
I proceeded to the Fort to take charge of the same. Said arms and 
equipments were immediately put in proper condition and ready for 
delivery by the following Wednesday, May 8th. Transportation hav- 
ing been secured, sufficient arms for one Regiment were removed to 
Leavenworth, the remainder to Lawrence, agreeable to the Gover- 
nor's order. The greatest prudence was required to avoid giving 
publicity of their removal. Neither was it safe nor prudent to re- 
move them without an escort. Application was made to General J. 
C. Stone, of Leavenworth, and to General Samuel Walker, of Law- 
rence therefor. The Union Guards, of Leavenworth, Captain Coz- 
zens, were ordered- to meet at their Armory and prepare for a two 
day's march. They nobly and promptly responded; not an individ- 
ual member of the Company having the least knowledge of his desti- 
nation, or of the nature of the duty to be performed. The train 
containing the arms for Lawrence left Fort Leavenworth on the 
morning of the 8th day of May 1861. On reaching the Big Stranger 



1862 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL's REPORT. 45 

the escort encamped for the night. The "Stubbs" Capt. Swift, 
having arrived from Lawrence, at the same place, relieved the 
Leavenworth escort and on the following day escorted the arms 
from thence to Lawrence. The fact of their removal soon spread 
throughout the State; her citizens, especially those residing upon 
the border, feeling themselves, and not without good cause, inse- 
cure, applied to the Governor for a portion, believing them to be 
State Arms. Many failing to obtain, and not fully comprehending 
why they were not supplied, of course returned to their komes dis- 
appointed, feeling themselves much grieved. Not a little uncalled 
for censure was attached to the Executive on that account. 

The Territory of Kansas had already received from the United 
States Government, as State Arms 3289i-5 muskets it being more 
than her quota by 330i\, a full statement of which is hereto an- 
nexed marked B and is made a part of this report: all, or a great 
part of which were either lost, stolen or became worthless during 
the period of our early troubles. To some extent owing to the 
alarming state of the country, the arms which were intended for the 
United States Kansas Volunteers, were treated as State Arms, and 
a portion of them distributed in the following manner, viz: 

To Captain Ira J. Lacock, of Hiawatha, Brown County, seventy 
(70) smooth bore percussion muskets calibre No. 69. 

To Captain Stephen S. Cooper, of Grasshopper Falls, Jefferson 
County, seventy (70) percussion smooth bore muskets calibre No. 69. 
To Captain Thomas Carney of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County 
eight rifled muskets. 

To Captain J. R. McClure, of Junction City, Davis County, sev- 
enty (70) smooth bore muskets, calibre No. 69. 

Arms were delivered to persons in Atchison during my temporary 
absence of which I have no account. 

In each and every case, a bond was executed by the parties re- 
ceiving the same, to the State of Kansas, in the sum of 55,000 with 
five sureties for the return of said Arms and equipments, when re- 
quired so to do, by any lawful authority of the State «f Kansas. For 
a more full account of the arms, equipments, etc. that were deliv- 
ered, reference is made to the bonds herewith enclosed. 

Subsequently Capt. McClure together with his company, were 
mastered into the Second (2d) Regiment Kansas Volunteers, and re- 
tained their arms and equipments, for which reason his bond was 

cancelled. ,• i. -u 

A portion of the arms received by me at the Fort, were distrib- 
uted by the Governor during my temporary absence to Washington 
on official business of which I have no account. 

At Wyandotte about forty stand of arms were destroyed by the 
fall of a brick building. 

Other arms were removed to Mound City by order of the Gov- 
ernor and distributed. 



46 QUARTERMASTER QENERAl's REPORT. lS(i2 

Two regiments were ordered to rendezvous on the 23d day of 
May 1861, one at Lawrence, the other at Leavenworth. 

The Leavenworth Regiment was mustered into the United States 
service as the JBirst Regiment .Kansas Volunteers for three years or 
during the war, under command of Colonel Geo. W. Deitzler, and 
received their arms from the Ordnance Department at Fort Leaven- 
worth, leaving those intended for them by the War Department in 
possession of the State authorities. It was extensively reported at 
about this time, and believed, that the War Department had called 
upon the Governor of Kansas for two three months regiments or 
two three year regiments of Kansas Volunteers, it was doubtful 
which — much disaffection and dissatisfaction prevailed among the 
unmustered volunteers owing to counter and conflicting reports. 
The Executive of the State received from the War Department, 
unintelligible telegrams relative thereto. 

A link in the chain of communication was wanting. 

Soon after, General Lane arrived from Washington, and pro- 
claimed that he was the bearer of a written requisition from the 
War Department calling for two Regiments of Volunteers. Upon 
being pressed to produce it he replied that it was merely verbal. 

Dissatisfaction increased among the volunteers. 

The report that Governor Staunton would soon arrive from. 
Washington with full powers to muster in the Second Regiment, 
appeased them for a time. 

He arrived on Friday June 7th, 1861 but without any authority 
relative thereto. That evening the undersigned left Kansas for 
Washington. 

On arriving there, without delay, application was made to the 
Secretary of War for authority to muster in the Second Regiment of 
Kansas Volunteers. 

The promulgation of the Proclamation of the Governor of the 
State of Missouri, calling for the enlistment of 50,000 rebels induced 
the undersigned to make application for an additional regiment, it 
being the third. 

Application was also made for a requisition for the supply of any 
and all deficiency in the nature of arms, equipments, clothing, &c, 
that might exist in either of said regiments. 

At first the request was refused, the Secretary of War alleged it 
to be a too severe draft upon our young State. The request was 
urged and the result was the procurement of a requisition, of which 
the following is a copy : 

War Department, 

June 17, 1861. 
To His ExceUcncy Charles Rohhison, Oover nor of Kansas: 

Sir: — This department will accept for three years or during the 
war, tw^o regiments of volunteers from Kansas, in addition to the 
one commanded by Col. Deitzler, and mustered already into service, 
said regiments so accepted to be the ones commanded by Colonels 
Philips and Mitchell respectively ; and the mustering officer ordered 



1H62 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL's REPORT. 47 

by the Adjutant General to muster them into the service is hereby 
directed to make such requisitions as may be necessary to supply 
them with arms, ammunition, clothing Ac, they may require, and 
also to supply any deficiency that may exist in Col. Deitzler's regi- 
ment. SIMON CAMERON, 

Secretary of War. 

The Second Regiment was mustered into the service soon after 
at Wyandotte for three years or during the war under the command 
of Col. Robert E. Mitchell, retaining the arms and accoutrements 
furnished them at Lawrence. As many enlisted under the belief 
that it was for three months, and were dissatisfied at the expiration 
of that time to remain longer in that regiment, they were mustered 
out of the service, but soon after joined other regiments. 

The Third Regiment was mustered into the United States service 
at Mound City in the la^tter part of July, 1861, under the command 
of Col. James Montgomery. 

This regiment was immediately ordered into Missouri without 
tents, blankets or other needfal requisites. The order was impera- 
tive. 

Colonel Montgomery, referring with much feeling for his men, 
remarked that "he felt as one being led to the slaughter." 

The undersigned hastened to Washington for the purpose of pro- 
curing the requisites. Without much delay they wem furnished. 

. Almost the entire expense of subsisting, transportation tkc, of 
the three regiments, fell upon the Quartermaster General. 

The State Treasury being without money; and the State without 
credit, and the failure of the Governor to place at his disposal the 
appropriation of $20,000 in bonds, as previously agreed upon, com- 
pelled the Quartermaster General to draw largely upon his own 
means. 

An account of expenditures aiade by him in organizing the three 
regiments is hereto annexed marked C. 

By application the Federal Government has accepted eight other 
regiments,' which were cared for by the United States Government 
without the aid of the State. 

Kansas has seriously felt this large drain upon her. Remarkable 
statements must have been made to the Secretary of War, to have 
induced him to accept a call for so large a force from a State with so 
small a population. 

Our people are intensely loyal and with cheerfulness respond 
when required. 

Kansas has furnished more than her quota of volunteers. More 
in reality than she was able to spare. 

Many enlisted who would otherwise have declined for a time, had 
not designing men threatened them with draft, in case of refusal to 
enlist. 

This refusal to enlist must not be attributed to a want of patriot- 
ism, for such is not the fact, but owing to the peculiar situation of 



48 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL's REPORT. 1862 

themselves and families. Many of those who were recently enlisted 
left their families and their little all without protection. 

Their fences are fast going to decay and their farms wholly un- 
cared for. Taxes accumulating and unpaid for want of means. 

Shall these brave fellows, who are fighting for our common 
country and their families dependent upon them be neglected ? 
Their farms, during their absence, will be sold for taxes. 

Many brave Kansans will repose upon yonder battle ground, 
never to return. Shall their widows and children be turned upon 
the cold and uncharitable world houseless and homeless? Shall the 
soldier who returns to his once beloved home, return but to find it 
during his absence, sold for taxes beyond redemption ? 

Is it not proper, is it not the duty of the Legislature to look to 
this matter, and throw around those absent brothers a shield of 
protection ? 

The Legislatures of some States, if not all, have enacted Laws 
"in aid of families of volunteers, &c., ifec." 

This State is already over burdened with taxes and ill able to 
bear more. 

It may, I think, be justly said that the larger portion of our able 
bodied men, are in the army, and to impose upon Kansas this addi- 
tional burden, would be, in a great measure, taxing the absent vol- 
unteer. 

Is it not just and right, taking all things in consideration, for the 
Legislature to request of Congress to make an appropriation there- 
for. 

This to be sure would be establishing a precedent, but is it n®t a 
duty that the Federal Government owes to Kansas, to remunerate 
her in part for neglects in her infancy. Never did a Territory of the 
United States pass through its pupilage with so much neglect and 
abuse from the parent Government as Kansas. 

Kansas has without qualification, furnished regiments, provided 
for by herself, at less cost than any other State in the Union. 

In the Annual Message of the Governor in 1862 may be found 
the following language: 

" The expenses incurred in recruiting and organizing the volunteer 
regiments are merely nominal amounting to about ten thousand dol- 
lars, nearly all of which will be paid by the General Government, an 
accordance with the laws of Congress." 

This economy of expenditure is chiefly owing to th« personal ap- 
plication of the officers to their respective duties. 

No extra Agents, Aids or Secretaries have been employed unless 
absolutely necessafy, and much credit is due to the indefatigable la- 
bors of the Quartermaster and Adjutant Generals. 

The organization of the Militia throughout the State, as well as 
the regiments for United States service, has thrown upon them an 
UQUsual amount of responsibility and labor. 



1862 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL's REPORT. 49 

As no appropriation has been made except for the expenses of 
their offices, I would recommend that a suitable remuneration should 
be given for their services. 

The Quarter Master General of Kansas most respectfully de- 
clines receiving any compensation for his services and would suggest, 
should an appropriation be made, it be expended for the relief of 
widows and orphans of deceased soldiers. 

Experience has shown that our militia law is quite deficient and 
fails to answer the purpose for which it was intended; a militia law 
as near as practicable to the army Regulations would be, in my 
opinion, desirable. 

Congress, during its session, appropriated for the payment of ir- 
regular troops called for by General Lane the sum of $100,000. I 
have made repeated efforts to have the irregular troops called by 
authority of Governor Robinson, and those who held themselves at 
all times ready, and did perform escort duty, also paid. 

These men have rendered equal service with those already cared 
for. Shall they be neglected and their rights be disregarded? 
Hearing that a bill for the payment of the irregular troops called 
out by General Lane was pending before Congress, I visited Gen'l 
Blunt at Fort Leavenworth, for information as to whether all irregular 
Kansas troops were included. 

He was unable to impart the desired information. 

A letter was then addressed to Gen. Lane upon the subject, of 
which the following is a copy: 

^ ^ ^-. ^ Lawrence, Ks., June 12, 1862. 

Gen. Jas. H. Lane, 

Dear Sir: — I notice something in the newspapers relative to 
some action taken by Congress, to pay the irregular troops of Kan- 
sas for services. 

The article is not sufficiently definite to give me a proper under- 
standing of the matter. I will ask if it refers to irregular troops 
other than those called out by yourself, and does it include those 
called out by the Governor, and those called out by myself to do 
escort duty. 

Please send me a copy of the act, and if it does not include others 
than those called out by you, would it not be well to take measures 
to include all. 

Many are poor men who left their homes and stores and responded 
nobly to the call made upon them. 

I called on Gan. Bluut a few days ago, and he was unable to give 
any information further than what I possessed. 

An early answer will oblige. 

Yours Respectfully, 

GEO. W. COLLAMORE, 

Quartermaster General of Kansas. 

Which letter, to this time, has failed to elicit an answer. 

A precedent has been established ; Congress has met the demands 
of a portion of Kansas irregular troops, will she now, if proper ap- 
plication is made, refuse to remunerate others equally deserving ? I 



do 


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50 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL's REPORT. 1862. 

trust not. I would also suggest the propriety of appealing to the 
Federal Government for arms, equal to the quota of arms to which 
Kansas was originally entitled, for in a great measure the loss of our 
State arms may be charged to the neglect of the General Government 
to render aid and protection to her inhabitants in time of danger. 

It has been suggested to me that all the claims of irregulars for 
which the $100,000 was appropriated will not exceed SiO,000. Can- 
not the balance be secured for the purpose herein set forth. 
GEORGE W. COLLAMORE, 

Quartermaster General of Kansas. 

Topeka, Kansas, February, 1863. 

a \ " 

Invoice of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores, turned over by Cap- 
tain J. L. Reno, Commanding Leavenworth Arsenal, to George W. 
Collamore, Q. M. Gen'l of Kansas. In obedience to instructions 
from Ordnance Officer, April 1861. 

No. Articles. 

210 Muskets, attached to Maynard Primer, Calibre 69. 
140 Rifles : attached to Percussion 
451 Cartridge boxes and Plates, 
109 do do do 

430 Bayonet Scabbards and Frogs. 
700 Gunslings. 

700 Inf. Waistbelts and plates 
560 Musket Wipers. 
56 Ballecrews. 
700 Screw drivers. 
70 Springvices. 
700 Cap Pouches and Picks. 
140 Rifle Cartridge Boxes and Plates 
140 Rifle Wipers. 
56 Rifle Ball-screws. 
14 Rifle Ball Moulds. 
9000 Musket, elong. Ball Cartridges, Cal. 69 
6000 Rifle do do do do 54 

5000 Musket Round do do do 69 

18 Arm Chests. 
37 Packing Boxes. 

(Signed) J. L. RENO, 

Captain of Ordnance, Commanding, 
Leavenworth Arsenal, May 10, 1861. 
SIGNED DUPLICATES. 

A true copy: J. McNUTT, 

Captain of Ordnance, Commanding. 
Leavenworth Arsenal, February 18, 1863. 



QUARTER^[ASTER GENERAL's REPORT. 



51 



"B." 

Dr. The Territory of Kansas in account Current with the United 
States for arms, under the Law of 1808 as amended by subse- 
quent Laws and Regulations. 
Dr. To the following arms, etc., furnished to the Territory from 
February 18, 185G, to July 11, 1860, viz: 
2,078 Muskets altered to Percussion. 
600 Rifle Muskets. 
220 Percussion Rifles. 
40 Colt's Revolvers. 
220 Sets Rifle Accoutrements. 
700 do Infantry do 
25,000 Musket Cartridges. 
^20,000 Percussion Caps. 

The whole being equal to muskets, .3,289 7-13 

3,289 7-13 
By this number of muskets to be credited to the Ter- 
ritory under the Regulations of the President of the 
United States of April 30, 1855 

By quotas of arms due from 1855 to 1861, both inclu- 
sive being seven years at 137 muskets per year. 

Balance to the United States due to it and charge- 
able to the State of Kansas. 



2,000 



959 



330 7-13 



Dr. 



The State of Kansas in account current with the United States 
for arms under the Law of 1808, as amended by subsequent 
laws and regulations. 
To Balance due as above from the Territory of Kansas 

Muskets 330 7-13 



330 7-13 



To balance due the United States chargeable to quota 
for 1864, per contra 



67 7-13 



CONTRA. 

Cr. 

By quota of arms for 1862 ; Muskets 130 

do do do 1863 do 133 

Balance due the United States chargeable to quota for 

1864 as per contra 67 7-13 

330 7-13 



52 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL 's REPORT. 1862 

"C." 

Dr. State of Kansas in account with George W. Collamore, Quar- 
termaster General of Kansas. 

1862. To this amount paid for subsistence, transporta- 
tion, etc., etc., for the 1st, 2nd and 3rd regiments 
Kansas Volunteers as per vouchers herewith, $7,138.68 

To 10 kegs powder, delivered by order of Governor 
Eobinson, $9.00, 90.00 

1862. Expenses to Washington as agent for State to adjust 
the claims of Kansas vs. the U. S. under the reim- 
bursement act, 166.70 

1863. February. To this amount cash paid into the 

State Treasury, 419.11 

$7,811.49 



COJSTRA.. 

1862. January 16. By this amount Warrant No. 24, re- 
ceived of State Auditor, $7,051.68 
Cash of J. M. Pease for five barrels, 2.50 

Oct. 25. Cash received of Messrs. Thos. Carney and Co. 

for Bacon, 454.72 

March 15. Cash of J no. W. Turner, Capt. and C. S. for 

commissary stores furnished U. S. troops, 305.59 

Memorandum. There is now due from Kimball Bros, of Law- 
rence for one of Fairbanks' balances, which will soon be paid for, 
twenty dollars (20.00.) 



REPORT 



ADJUTANT GENERAL 



STATE OF KANSAS. 



TOPEKA, Nov. 30, 1865. 



ADJUTANT GENERAL'S REPORT. 



State of Kansas, Adjutant General's Office, 

ToPEKA, December 31, 1865. 

To His Excellency Samuel J. Ckawford, 

Governor and Commander-in-Chief: 
SiB-I have the honor to submit to your Excellency the an°"al 
report of the Adjutant General's Department for the year 865 ex- 
hibiting, as much in detail as may be necessary for pubhc informa 
tion, the transactions of the department during the past year. 
STATE MILITIA. 
Under the "Act for the enrollment, organization, discipline, and 
pay of the Militia, Approved February 13, 1865," the State has been 
dWided by the Major General Commanding, into four Brigade Dis- 

'"trBrfgadl District consisting of the counties of Wyandotte, 
Leavenworth, Jefferson, Atchison, Doniphan, and Brown 

'nd Brigade District consisting of the counties o Nemaha, 
Jackson Pottawatomie, Marshall, Washington, Riley, Clay, Saline, 

Davis, and Dickinson. . . t u 

3rd Brigade District consisting of the counties of Johnson, 

Douglas, Franklin, Miami, Linn, Anderson, Allen, -^ Bourbon 
4?h Brigade District consisting of the counties of Shawnee, W a^ 

baunsee, Osage, Lyon, Morris, Chase, Coffey, Woodson, Greenwood 

"^The whole constituting one Division commanded by Major Gen- 
eral W F. Cloud, Headquarters at Leavenworth City. 
The Brigade Districts are commanded as follows viz: 
1st District, Brig. General John A. Martin, Headquarters at 

""'tn^District, Brig. General James M. Harvey, Headquarters at 

"""srd'District, Brig. General John T. Burris, Headquarters at 

^^lll' District, Brig. General Harrison Kelley, Headquarters at Ot- 

'"Tegimental, Battalion, and Company organizations have not 
been Materially changed during the year, and comprise twenty-four 
regiments and four battalions, officered by men, he most of whom 
have been soldiers in the volunteer army of the United States from 
one to three years. 

(3) 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



The following comparative exhibit will show the number of en- 
rolled militia in the several counties of the State, as far as reported 
to this office by the clerks of the respective counties; and, also, the 
number of enrolled militia in the same counties for the year 1864. 



Counties. No. enrolled 1865 

Atchison, 1,"259 

Allen, 396 

Anderson, 291 

Bourbon, 929 

Butler, 50 

Brown, 334 

Coffey, 279 

Clay, 33 

Chase, 140 

Douglas, 1,.394 

Doniphan, 570 

Davis, 190 

Dickinson, 80 

Franklin, estimated 300 

Greenwood estimated 100 

Jeflfereon 550 

Jackson 309 

Johnson, 402 

Linn, estimated 600 

Lyon, 399 

Leavenworth, 4,340 

Morris, 166 

Marshall, 371 

Miami, ,443 

Nemaha, 313 

Neosho, 

Osage, 158 

Pottawatomie, • 357 

Riley, estimated 100 

Shawnee, 500 

Saline, 1,37 

Wyandotte, 326 

Wabaunsee, 116 

Washington, estimated 50 

Woodson, 173 

Wilson, estimated .50 



Total 



16,205 



1864. 

887 

. ." 214 

190 

676 

estimated 50 

385 

330 

24 

140 

1,126 

614 

200 

estimated 80 

203 

79 

estimated 500 

326 

390 

556 

estimated 350 

4,562 

166 

350 

399 

304 



122 

300 



404 
80 
260 
100 
40 
73 
50 



14,619 



The enrollment of the militia for the current year was effected 
prior to the muster out of our volunteer regiments since the close of 
the war, and therefore shows a steady increase in the arms-bearing 
population of the State, notwithstanding the heavy enlistments in 
the volunteer service in the latter part of 1864, and the spring of 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



1865. Our militia system is not so effective as that of older States 
where only a jiortioii of the enrolled militia are organized, armed, 
equipped, and drilled at the expense of the State, yet it is as 
thoroughly organized as the entire enrolled militia of a State can 
bej and is prepared for active service whenever and wherever occa- 
sion may require. 

VOLUNTEER SERVICE. 

Enlistments in 1865. 

During the year 1865, the State has sent into the volunteer serv- 
ice as recruits in Kansas organizations, drafted men and substi- 
tutes, under the call of the President dated October 19, 1861, for 
300,000, the following number of men, viz: 









Drafted 


Substi- 








Recruits. 


men. 


tutes. 


Total. 


1st Regi 


ment Infantry 


1 






1 


2nd 


' Cavalry 


2 






2 


5th 


( (1 


3 






3 


7th 


i a 


57 




37 


91 


8th 


' Infantry 


10 




30 


40 


9th 


' Cavalry 






1 


1 


10th ' 


' Infantry, 


70 


81 


33 


184 


11th ' 


' Cavalry, 


6 




1 


7 


12th ' 


' Infantry, 


1 






1 


13th ' 


i It 


3 




2 


5 


14th ' 


' Cavalry, 






3 


3 


15th ' 


' " 


18 




5 


23 


16th ' 


' " 


80 




36 


116 


1st 


' Colored Infantry 


23 


21 


65 


109 


2nd 


1 n u 


32 




35 


67 


2nd BatJ 


-ery 


1 






1 


Indepen 


dent Colored Battery 
Total, 


152 

159 




10 


162 




102 


258 


819 



Enlistments in organizations not belonging to the State. 

1st Army Corps 86 

18th U. S. Colored Infantry 78 

72nd U. S. " " ' 1 

18th U. S. Infantry, 47 

5th U. S. Cavalry, 4 

13th U. S. Infantry, 3 

3rd U. S. Cavalry, 2 

7th Iowa Cavalry, 1 

2nd Colorado Cavalry, 1 

2nd Arkansas Cavalary, 4 

Ist Regiment Indian Home Guards, • .^ 1 

226 
Total enlistments from the State in 1865, 1,047 



6 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



ENLISTMENTS DURING THE WAR. 
The work of transcribing and re-arranging the records of the office has pro- 
gressed far enough to enable me to present definitely the whole number of enlist- 
ments in the United States service from the State during the war as shown in 
the following tabular statement. 







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1st Reg't Infantry 


From Kansas 


875 


177 


88 










1,140 




' ' other States 


47 


122 


23 










192 


2d Reg't Infantry 


" Kansas 

" other States 


462 

1 


32 
16 












494 
17 


2d Reg't Cavalry 


" Kansas 


658 


303 


18 










979 




' ' other States 


300 


132 


2 










434 


5th Reg't Cavalry 


" Kansas 


787 


324 


22 










1,133 




' ' other States 


117 


44 


7 










168 


6th Reg't Cavalry 


" Kansas 


675 


512 


66 










1,253 




■ ' other States 


176 


161 


41 










378 


7th Reg't Cavalry 


" Kansas 


687 


108 


225 


39 


168 




37 


1,264 




' ' other States 


167 


82 


182 


1 


70 






502 


8th Reg't Infantry 


" Kansas 


363 


411 


121 




4 




30 


929 




' ' other States 


206 


85 


99 




3 






393 


9th Reg't Cavalry 


" Kansas 


809 


6U9 


45 








1 


1,464 




' ' other States 


10 


71 


1 










82 


10th Reg't Infantry 


" Kansas 


434 


439 


147 






81 


33 


1,134 




' ' other States 


43 


124 


20 










187 


11th Reg't Cavalry 


" Kansas 

' ' other States 


1,101 


330 
26 










1 


1,432 
26 


12th Regt Infantry 


" Kansas 

' ' other States 


889 
47 


125 

7 












1,014 
54 


13th Regt Infantry 


" Kansas 

' ' other States 


860 


65 
91 










2 


927 
91 


14th Reg't Cavalry 


" Kansas 

' ' other States 


907 
41 


142 
141 










3 


1,052 

182 


15th Reg't Cavalry 


" Kansas 

' ' other States 


924 
140 


249 
19 


1 








5 


1,179 
159 


16th Regt Cavalry 


" Kansas 

' ' other States 


891 

90 


129 
13 


1 






' 


36 


1,057 
103 


17th Regt Infantry 


" Kansas 

' ' other States 


445 














445 


1st Regt Colored Infantry 


' ' Kansas 

' ' other States 


869 
3 


147 








21 


65 


1,102 
3 


2d Reg't do do 


' ' Kansas 

' ' other States 


924 
3 


55 










35 


1,014 
3 


1st Battery 


" Kansas 

' ' other States 


46 


IflC 
40 


43 


1 
25 








190 
65 


2d Battery 


" Kansas 

' ' other States 


103 
30 


84 
2 












187 
32 


3d Battery 


" Kansas 

' ' other States 


20 
70 


13 

49 












33 
119 


Independent Colored 


" Kansas 


152 












10 


162 


Battalion 


' ' other States 
' ' Kansas 


















Total 


13,881 


4,354 


777 


40 


172 


102 


258 


19,584 




" other States 
Grand Total 


1,491 


1,225 


375 


26 


73 






3,190 




15.372 


5.579 


1.152 


66 


245 


102 


258 


22.774 



1865 ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 7 

Enlistments in 1865 in organizations not belonging to the State, 
228. 

Total number of men of all arms furnished during the war, 19.812. 

Total number of men credited to the State by the Provost Mar- 
shal General, of all periods of service ranging from three months to 
three years, 15,961. 

Leaving a deficiency for which the State has not received credit 
of ,3,851. 

On the 10th day of March, 1865, your Excellency obtained an ad- 
ditional credit from the War Department of 3,039 men, which num- 
ber evidently has not been transmitted to the Provost Marshal 
General, and consequently is not included in the above statements 
of credit from his office. As soon as the records of this office are in 
condition to present the matter to the War Department officially, I 
trust that there will be no difficulty in securing the additional credit 
to which our State is justly entitled. 

THE DRAFT. 

On the 30th of January, 1865, the Legislature passed the follow- 
ing concurrent Resolution : 

"Whereas, It appears from statements in the public journals 
that Kansas is in a deficiency of 1,222 men under the call of Decem- 
ber 19th, 1864, for 300,000; and. Whereas, it also appears that our 
State has never obtained any credit for the three regiments of Indians 
enlisted from our State into the Federal service; therefore Re- 
solved by the Senate, the House of Representatives concurring there- 
in, that the Adjutant General be requested to present the claims of 
our Indian enlistments to the Department of War, and through the 
credit thus obtained, and to which our State is justly entitled, en- 
deavor to procure a revocation of the demand for 1,222 men under 
the said call of Dec. 19th, 1864. 

Adopted, January 30, 1835." 

By direction of your Excellency, Colonel C. K. Holliday, then 
Adjutant General, prepared an answer under date of January 31, 
1865, and transmitted the same to the Provost Marshal General of 
the United States. In this communication the whole question of 
debits and credits of our State was considered; a question that had 
assumed very grave importance in consequence of the extraordinary 
demand made by the Federal Government for 1,222 men in excess of 
the liberal supply hitherto furnished by our State, and which demand 
the federal officers were then preparing to enforce under the opera- 
tions of a draft. 

This communication goes on to say : " You will perceive that the 
Legislature of Kansas, now in session, is justly concerned in arrest- 
ing from our State the actual enforcement of the threatened draft of 
the 15th proximo, upon our people. It is scarcely necessary to add 
that the Executive of our State shares, to the fullest extent, this 
anxiety on the part of the Legislative branch of the State Govern- 
ment." 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 18B5 

In this communication it is clearly shown that Kansas was not 
only not indebted to the Federal Government the 1,222 men called 
for, but had unquestionably an excess in our favor of from i,000 to 
5,000 three years men. In presenting this matter the whole number 
of men called for from the beginning of the war up to Dec. 19, 1864, 
is given at 2,16.3,998; that of this number the State of Kaneas had 
furnished 21,806 men, of whom 18,977 were soldiers legitimately be- 
longing to our State and for which our State should have had full 
credit. By official data received from the War Department the 
charges against Kansas amounted under all calls up to Dec. 19, 1864, 
to 14,104 three years men ; this would leave a balance in our favor of 
4,693 three year m6n. With this large surplus over all calls it 
seemed manifest to your Excellency that the demand for 1,222 men 
was wholly unwarranted, and that the draft if enforced, would be 
the perpetration of a great wrong upon our people. 

No satisfactory answer having been received up to the close of 
the Legislative session, immediately upon the adjournment thereof 
your Excellency hastened to Washington to lay the matter in person 
before the proper Department, in order to have this unjust demand 
against our State rectified, and a full credit allowed us for the large 
number of troops that Kansas had furnished the Federal Govern- 
ment during the progress of the war. 

In order to present the matter more fully another communica- 
tion was prepared, bearing date of Feb. 10, 1865, intended as supple- 
mental to that of Jan. 31, in which the whole subject was again 
reviewed ; and by which it was clearly shown that Kansas was not 
entitled to furnish any men under the call of Dec. 19, 1864, and that 
all proceedings to obtain the 1,222 men under the operations of a 
draft were wrongful and exceedingly oppressive upon our people. 
For the full consideration and discussion of this important subject, 

1 respectfully ask your attention to those communications and also 
to one addressed to your Excellency at Washington, by Col. HoUi- 
day, dated March 19, 1865. 

The conclusion arrived at was sought to be enforced by repeated 
reference to the dealings of the Government with other States, as 
based upon, 1st, the several Congressional Districts, 2nd, the popu- 
lation, and 3rd, the population of the United States, and also upon 
the Congressional Districts popular vote and population in the sev- 
eral States; Massachusetts and Indiana being specially cited as 
cases in illustration. In the meantime however the draft went into 
operation; drawing being had at Lawrence for the Southern District 
of Kansas, and at Leavenworth for the Northern. 

During all this time, from the Fall of 1864, to the Spring of 1865, 
but little was done toward furnishing recruits for the service, as 
public attention was wholly absorbed in the results of the impend- 
ing draft. No one felt like encouraging volunteer enlistments on the 
part of others when he himself at the next turn of the wheel might 
be called upon involuntarily to enter the service. 



1865 ADJUTANT GENERAL's REPORT. 9 

While drafting was in progress facts were developed that had a 
tendency to explain how it was possible that Kansas might really 
seem to be in a deficiency at Washington, when in reality she *had 
filled her quotas in the aggregate of nearly two to one. The enroll- 
ment under the act of Congress was made by Federal appointees, 
and was a subject over which the State authorities had no control 
whatever. This enrollment had been made excessively large, em- 
bracing in the judgement of this office certainly 50 per cent, perhaps 
100 per cent, more than were legally subject to enrollment. The 
consequence was that nearly every alternate name, on an average, 
drawn from the wheel, represented a person wholly unqualified to 
act. As soon as this became known the facts were transmitted to 
your Excellency, then in Washington, in a communication, dated 
March 19, 1865, from which I select the following extracts, to wit: 

* * * "Since the draft has been in operation here, the facts 
have been developed, that a large portion of the enrolled — equal 
fully to one half the entire number — should not be on the enrollment 
list at all; these embrace persons who have been chad for years: 
persons who have served their two or three years and have been 
honorably discharged: persons who are now, and have been for a 
long time in the service of the United States; persons over 45 years 
of age at the time of their enrollment and who have become 45 years 
old since their enrollment; persons who have migrated to our West- 
ern Territories, or elsewhere, long since, and have actually ceased to 
be citizens of our State; persons who have been cripples for years, 
and r/ianifestlij unfit for military duty; and in addition to the fore- 
going the very targe number of persons who are legally exempt 
under the several disabling clauses enumerated in the instructions 
from the War Department. I am fully convinced that the number 
thus enrolled who are absolutely disqualified for service equals or 
exceeds ONE HALF of our entire enroltnienf. Now look at the 
result and see the injury that has been inflicted upon our State and 
people in consequence of this excessive enrollment. During the year 
1864 alone, the aggregate calls of the President amounted to the 
large number of 1,500,000 men. Kansas had assigned to her her full 
proportion of these calls; and these assignments were doubtless 
made upon the basis of the excessive and unjust enrollment of 
our citizens as exhibited by the books of the Provost Marshals of 
this State. 

To illustrate: The quota of Kansas under the call of July 18, 
1864,, was 3,723. The calls of February, March, and December, are 
presumed to be in the same relative proportion. This would give 
the aggregate of quotas for Kansas upon the 1,500,000 men called for 
in 1864, at 11,169. But upon the presumption that our enrollment 
is too large by one half, therefore the assignments to this state was 
too large by one half, and should only have been about 5,000 to 
5,500 men ; thus saving to our State 5,000 to 6,000 men to apply upon 
future calls. 



10 ADJUTANT general's REPORT. ises 

All this was made very plain in these relative statements I fur- 
nished you, with respect to the number of men Kansas has furnished, 
and should have furnished, if dealt with as other States, and all 
other portions of the Union have been. This new light as to the 
manner of the enrollment in this State, only goes to corroberate the 
views heretofore presented ; and explains, perhaps, if it does not jus- 
tify, the process by which Kansas has been brought in debt to the 
Federal Government. I remain Governor, 

Very respectfully. Your obedient servant, 

C. K. HOLLIDAY, 

Adjutant General." 

I am glad to say that our claims for justice at the hands of the 
War Department were fully acknowledged; though not until the 
number 1,222, required from our State had almost all been supplied 
by the process of drafting. On the 10th day of March, 1865, an or- 
der was issued from the War Department suspending the draft in 
Kansas, for the time being; and subsequently another order was is- 
sued permanently suspending any further operations under the draft. 
At a later date the persons who were drafted were ordered discharged 
by the Department as having been wrongfully drafted and mustered 
into the service. Previous to these orders however, for the suspen- 
sion of the draft, and the discharge of the drafted men, your Excel- 
lency had effected a settlement of the accounts of our State with the 
Federal Government, by which you obtained an additional allowance 
of 3,039, corresponding very nearly with the credits asked for in the 
communication of Jan. 31st, and Feb. 10th, 1865, thus giving us a 
surplus sufficient to meet not only the demand for the 1,222 men, but 
also sufficient for another call of from 250,000 to 500,000 men. 

From causes unknown the official information of this final settle- 
ment has never been received at this office. 

The question arises as to whether the State has any claim for 
reparation of injuries inflicted upon us by the unlawful proceedings 
under the draft. 

The Federal Government was duly and promptly informed of the 
fact that their demand for 1,222 men was unwarranted and that the 
draft might be postponed, or at least suspended, until all the facts 
could be investigated. Our Senators and Representatives in Con- 
gress, and other influential parties whose counsel was entitled to re- 
spectful consideration also urgently importuned the War office to give 
the matter a more careful and elaborate investigation before they 
proceeded to enforce a draft against a State that had responded so 
very promptly to all demands of the Government. But a few weeks 
previously the entire male population of the State had rallied to as- 
sist the federal troops in meeting and vanquishing the large and 
powerful army under the command of the insurgent General Price, 
without which assistance the results of that memorable campaign 
would, at least, have been doubtful. All these considerations in- 



1863 ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 11 

duced both the State authorities and the people to think that this 
"most indecent haste" to enforce a draft against Kansas for the 
mere trifle of 1,222 men was uncalled for; especially when the justice 
of the claim was so very questionable, and has since been shown to 
be wholly erroneous. 

Notwithstanding all this the draft went on. To avoid its hard- 
ships as much as possible, voluntary associations were organized 
throughout the State, and voluntary contributions obtained with 
which to supply men enough to meet the assignments to the respect- 
ive enrollment districts. 

The aggregate of the fund thus raised cannot fall short of 
8100,000. As this money was wrongfully obtained from the pockets 
of the people by the hasty and inconsiderate action of the Federal 
Government, and against the advice and instructions of the State 
authorities and Representatives in Congress, I respectfully submit 
that the least the Federal Government could be expected to do 
would be to re-imburse our citizens for the money wrongfully 
wrested from them. Joint or Concurrent Resolutions by our Legis- 
lature asking Congress to make the proper reparation would un- 
doubtedly secure the attentive consideration and favorable action of 

that body. 

REGIMENTS MUSTERED OUT. 

The following organizations from the State have been mustered 
out and honorably discharged from the service of the United States 
during the year, the term of their enlistment having expired, or the 
General Government, by reason of the close of the war, no longer re- 
quiring their services, viz : 

Veteran Battalion, 1st Infantry, 4 commissioned officers and 119 
enlisted men, Capt. Milton Kennedy, commanding; mustered out at 
Little Rock, Arkansas, August 30th, 1865. 

2nd Regiment Cavalry, 35 commissioned officers, and 594 enlisted 
men, Major John Johnston, commanding; mustered out at Fort 
Gibson, C. N., June 22nd, 1865. 

Detachment 5th Cavalry, 1 commissioned officer, and 38 en- 
listed men, Lieut. Thos. Stevenson, commanding ; mustered out at 
Little Rock, Arkansas, June 23rd, 1865. 

6th Regiment Cavalry, 35 commissioned officers, and 541 enlisted 
men, Major David Mefford, commanding; mustered out at DeVall's 
Blutf, Arkansas, July 18th, 1865. 

7th Regiment Veteran Cavalry, 36 commissioned officers, and 471 
enlisted men, Lieut. Colonel F. M. Malone, commanding; mustered 
out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, Sept. 29th, 1865. 

9th Regiment Cavalry, 17 commissioned officers, and 362 enlisted 
men, Lieut. Colonel W. Doudna, commanding; mustered out at 
DeVall's Bluff, Arkansas, July 17, 1865. 

10th Regiment Veteran Infantry, 14 commissioned officers and 
326 enlisted men. Lieut. Colonel Chas. S. Hills, commanding: mus- 
tered out at Montgomery, Alabama, August 19th, 1865. 



12 ADJUTANT GENERA.l's REPORT. 1865 

11th Regiment Cavalry, 48 commissioned officers, and 1030 en- 
listed men, Lieut. Colonel P. B. Plumb, commanding; mustered out 
at Fort Leavenworth, and Fort Riley, Kansas, August 7th to Sep- 
tember 26th, 1865. 

12th Regiment Infantry, 21 commissioned officers, and 600 enlisted 
men. Brevet Brig. General C. W. Adams, commanding; mustered 
out at Little Rock, Arkansas. June 30, 1865. 

13th Regiment Infantry, 2'4 commissioned officers, and 443 enlisted 
men, Brevet Brig. General Thos. M, Bowen, commanding; mustered 
out at Little Rock, Arkansas, June 26th, 1865. 

14th Regiment Cavalry, 36 commissioned officers, and 786 enlisted 
men, Lieut. Colonel A. J. Briggs, commanding; mustered out at Fort 
Gibson, C. N., June 25, 1865. 

15th Regiment Cavalry, 37 commissioned ofBcers, and 814 enlisted 
men. Colonel W. F. Cloud, commanding ; mustered out at Fort 
Leavenworth, Kansas, October 19th, 1865. 

16th Regiment Cavalry, 35 commissioned officers, and 827 enlisted 
men, Lieut. Colonel Sam. Walker, commanding; mustered out at 
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, November 28th, 1865. 

1st Colored Regiment Infantry, 20 commissioned officers, and 520 
enlisted men, Brevet Brig. General J. M. Williams, commanding: 
mustered out at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, October 1st, 1865. 

2nd Colored Regiment Infantry, 24 commissioned officers, and 
587 enlisted men, Lieut. Colonel J. H. Gillpatrick, commanding; 
mustered out at Camden, Arkansas, October 9th, 1865. 

1st Battery Light Artillery, 4 commissioned officers, and 84 en- 
listed men. Captain M. D, Tenny, commanding: mustered out at 
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, July 17, 1865. 

2nd Battery Light Artillery, 5 commissioned officers, and 141 en- 
listed men. Captain E. A. Smith, commanding: mustered out at 
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, August 11, 1865. 

3rd Battery Light Artillery, 3 commissioned officers, and 86 en- 
listed men, Captain J. F. Aduddell, commanding; mustered out at 
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, January 19, 1865. 

Independent Colored Battery, 3 commissioned officers, and 148 
enlisted men, Captain H. Ford Douglas, commanding; mustered 
out at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. 

Making an aggregate of 402 commissioned officers, and 8,517 en- 
listed men, mustered out during the year. Of this number the 2nd, 
12th, and 14th Regiments, numbering 92 commissioned officers, and 
1,981 enlisted men received their final pay and discharge at Law- 
rence: the remaining Regiments and Batteries, numbering 310 com- 
missioned officers, and 6,536 enlisted men, at Fort Leavenworth. 

But one Regiment, the 8th Veteran Infantry, Lieut. Colonel John 
Conover commanding, for the past three months stationed at San 
Antonio, Texas, remains in the service at this date. This Regiment 
has probably been mustered out and are at present en-route for the 
State for final payment and discharge, but no official evidence of the 
fact has been received at this office. 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



13 



BATTLE FLAGS. 

The battle flags, regimental colore, and standards, belonging to 
our mustered-out organizations have been, under instructions from 
the Secretary of War, turned over, by General W. W. Lowe, Chief 
Mustering officer for the State, to this department. They are torn 
and shattered by shot and shell — all that remains of many being a 
few "honorable rags." Each has its history of the patriotic devo- 
tion and self sacrifice of those who fought and died defending it. 
In returning them to their State the heroes of Kansas have placed 
in her keeping the noblest record that can exist of the bravery of her 
sons, and I trust measures will be taken to provide a suitable place 
where they can be properly preserved and remain the admiration 
and pride of all loyal Kansans. 



CASUALTIES IN KANSAS REGIMENTS. 

The following table exhibits the casualties in Kansas organiza- 
tions during the war, and is as complete as can be made from the 
records on file in this office. 

REPORT OF CASUALTIES IN KANSAS REGIMENTS FROM ORGANIZATION TO DATE. 





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2 




24 






6th Cavalry, 


2 


55 


1 


19 




118 




128 


17 


86 




90 






1 




8 




10 


7th Cavalry! 


2 


57 




6 




91 


1 


254 


2 


8 




167 




11 


3 




25 




2 


8th Infantry,* 


2 


64 




25 




117 


1 


113 








178 










26 




5 


9th Cavalry 




26 




15 




140 




99 


1 


23 




125 






1 




30 




11 


10th Infantry 




17 




5 




112 




78 


12 


54 




74 










S 




1 


11th Cavalry * 




58 




10 




84 




23 


5 


33 


1 


87 






1 


2 


5 




2 


12th Infantry 


2 


14 








107 




38 


2 


50 




100 






4 




12 




2 


13th Infantry, 




14 


2 


8 




90 




119 


2 


14 




142 




3 


2 




20 


1 




14th Cavalry, 


1 


46 




5 




103 




139 




9 




44 






6 








13 


15th Cavalry 


2 


16 




8 




58 




180 


3 


16 


1 


143 




2 


13 




9 




1 


16th Cavalry 




11 


1 


4 




93 




142 


1 


91 




66 




2 


6 


1 


16 




2 


17th Infantry t 








































1st Battery 




3 




1 




18 




18 


2 


6 




18 










4 






2nd Battery, 




6 








16 




13 


1 


17 




8 




1 












3rd Battery 




4 




2 




16 




14 


1 






7 










1 






Indep't Col'd Battery, 












9 




4 








23 
















1st Colored Infantry, S 


4 


157 




11 




171 




65 


1 


5 


1 


77 




1 


2 




15 






2nd Colored Infantry, 


3 


23 




9 




198 


1 


53 






1 


29 






2 




14 




7 


Total, 


34 


749 


_8 


195 


28 


1950 


4 


1987 


72 


548 


_7 


1790 


_1 


57 


47 


3 


267 


J_ 


68 



* Partial report t One man shot for desertion J No report .^ One enlisted man hung for murder 

Making a total loss to the service during the war of 475 commis- 
sioned officers, and 7,344 enlisted men; nearly one half the entire 
volunteer force from the State. 
—6 



14 ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 1865 

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S CONVENTION. 

Acting under instructions from your Excellency, I attended the 
annual convention of the Adjutant Generals of the loyal States, 
which convened in Boston, Massachusetts, July 10th, 1865. Nearly 
every loyal State from Maine to Kansas was represented in the con- 
vention, an exchange of opinions and sentiments passed, and busi- 
ness of great importance, to the Adjutant General's departments of 
the several States, transacted. A uniform system of classifying, pre- 
paring and filing away the records in the best possible manner for 
future reference was adopted, and when the work is fully completed 
the records will be substantially the same in all the States, giving 
the history of every man available and accessible at a moment's 
reference. The number and grade of troops furnished by the sev- 
eral States during the war were presented to the convention in de- 
tail, and the Secretary instructed to prepare a consolidated tabular 
statement of the same, and furnish each member with a copy. When 
completed it will be an interesting exhibit of the patriotism of the 
loyal North, and will I believe show conclusively that Kansas has 
sent more men to the war in proportion to her population than any 
other State in the Union. The members of the convention united in 
a request to the Secretary of War, that the colors, battle flags, and 
retained records, in possession of volunteer organizations on being 
mustered out of the United States service, be turned over to the 
Adjutant Generals of their respective States. As the result of that 
request the colors and battle flags have been placed in this depart- 
ment, and in due time that portion of the records alluded to, not ab- 
solutely necessary for file in the War Department, will, I trust, be 
sent to this department for preservation. 

The militia systems of the several States were presented, and 
the workings of each thoroughly discussed. The convention 
was addressed upon this subject by Hon. Henry Wilson, U. S. Sena- 
tor from Massachusetts, and chairman of the Senate Military Com- 
mittee; also by Col. Henry Lee, who has probably devoted more 
time in obtaining a thorough knowledge of the Militia system of the 
United States than any other man in the Government. Other busi- 
ness of importance was transacted and the convention adjourned to 
meet in Washington on the third Tuesday in March, 1866, for the 
purpose of urging upon congress the necessity of adopting a unifrom 
Militia system for all the States. 

I cannot forbear in this connection expressing my thanks to Ad- 
jutant General Wm. Schoulerof Massachusetts, for the very liberal 
and elegant manner in which I was received and entertained. Also 
to General Natt Head of New Hampshire, and General P. T. Wash- 
burn of Vermont, for the very excellent manner in which those gen- 
tlemen entertained the members of the convention in an excursion 
to the White Mountains and Lake Memphramagog. 



1865 ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 15 

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE. 

OFFICE EXPENSES. 

The expenses of the office during the year have been as followe : 

^, , , . S3,82o . 

Clerk hire, ^qq 

Blank books, 3qq ' 

Postage, 270 

Office furniture, j^O. 

Office rent, gig' 

Contingent and traveling, ^ ■__ 



S6,361. 



The appropriations for this department during the following year, 
in addition to the amount to be appropriated for the salary of the 
Adjutant General, should be. 

For Clerk hire and salary of assistant l mn 

" Traveling and contingent expenses, -^.wj- 

Office rent, 3qo" 

Postage, iqq' 

Blank books, • • • • • -i ogc 

Clerk hire, deficiency for I860 ^'°-^- 

Blank books, deficiency for 1865, "^^ • 

Office furniture, deficiency for 18bo, ^'"• 

Col C. K. Holliday resigned the position of Adjutant General, 
March 31st, 1865, and the undersigned assumed the duties of the 
office April 1st, 1865, and immediately instituted measures to secure 
the completion of the records inaugurated by Col. Holliday. 

Ascertaining exactly what records were required, and selecting 
such as could be readily furnished by regimental and other com- 
manders in the volunteer service of the United States, a sufficient 
number of blanks for complete regimental and company rosters, 
rolls of all non-commissioned officers and privates, returns of deaths 
and other casualties, historical data, &c., were prepared and dis- 
tributed to each organization in the field, accompanied by the fol^ 
lowing General Order, which was the only available method of 
securing the necessary data, viz : 

" Head Quarters, State of Kansas, ') 

Adjutant General's Office, y 

General Orders / Topeka, April 24, I860. ) 

T The records of the Adjutant General's office are fatally de- 

*********** 

By order of the Governor : 

T. J. ANDERSON, 

Adjutant General." 



16 . ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 1865 

Several of the commanding ofBcers complied with this order and 
forwarded copies of all required records in their possession. Other 
organizations in the field were visited by myself and the necessary 
evidence procured. A portion of the records of the 2nd, 5th, 6th and 
14th Regiments were destroyed in the retreat of the Federal forces 
under Major-General Steele from Camden, Arkansas, in April 1864: 
the duplicate copies of the same were captured or destroyed before 
reaching the Adjutant General's office at Washington, and as a con- 
sequence the records of those regiments never can be fully completed. 

In May last the Secretary of War issued an order requiring Chief 
Mustering officers, charged with the mustering out of troops, to fur- 
nish the Adjutant General of the State to which the troops belong 
with a copy of each muster-out roll, giving the military history of 
every soldier, by means of which this office has been placed in pos- 
session of very full and satisfactory records of organizations mustered 
out of the service since that time. The greatest difficulty has been 
in procuring an accurate account of troops mustered out of service be- 
fore the order alluded to had been issued. In these cases I applied 
to the officers who formerly belonged to discharged organizations, 
and in a number of cases the necessary information was obtained. 
In numerous cases, however, their retained records and muster-out 
rolls had been lost ; in other cases, officers had died or removed to 
parts unknown to me, thus rendering it impossible to fully accom- 
plish my object. I have made arrangements with Brig. General 
W. W. Lowe, Chief Mustering officer for the State, by which I am 
to receive copies of such rolls, returns, &c., as I yet require, from the 
retained regimental and company records in his possession by virtue 
of General Orders No. 94, War Department, current series. I am 
under repeated obligations to General Lowe, to whom I desire, in 
this public manner, to express my thanks. In order that the records 
of the office may be properly preserved, I have, under instructions 
from your Excellency, procured suitable bound volumes into which 
I am having transcribed all the records : showing the name of every 
officer and private soldier from the State in the several grades in 
which each has served ; his age, place of residence and enrollment 
district, nativity, rank, date of enlistment, muster into United States 
service, commission or warrant, promotions, casualties, and complete 
history during the entire term of service. 

In answer to an appeal to the field and staff officers of volunteer 
regiments from the State, to furnish this office with a complete 
"Military History" of their respective commands during their con- 
nection with the United States service, including official reports of 
all battles and skirmishes in which engaged, I have received the 
"histories" of a majority of the regiments, and have the assurance 
of receiving the remainder in due time. These histories will be care- 
fully transcribed and preserved for future reference. 

It has been my endeavor to collect and arrange the records of this 
department in such a manner as to insure correctness and preserve 



1865 ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 17 

in a proper and concise form the history of all officers and soldiers 
from the State. At some future time, when the nation rewards its 
defenders in the way of additional bounties, pensions, and other gra- 
tuities, the files of this office will secure to the widow and to the or- 
phan a deserved tribute verified by testimony in the Archives of the 
State. The work is in progress, under a corps of competent and ex- 
perienced clerks, and only requires the encouragement of the Legis- 
lature to perfect it in a most satisfactory manner. 

In conclusion, I respectfully suggest the propriety of authorizing 
this department to make up a full and complete report which shall 
embrace the names, residence, date of enlistment, and muster, date 
and cause of discharge or death, of every officer and soldier enlisted 
in the military service of the United States, during the late war, 
with such information and historical data relating to the State or 
United States service as may be of public interest, and in a similar 
style to those published by other States. The same to be printed 
and bound, under the direction of the Adjutant General, as other 
public documents are printed and bound. 
With great respect, 

1 have the honor to be. 

Your Excellency's most obedient servant, 

T. J. ANDERSON, 

Adjutant General. 

The following telegram has been received since the publication of 

the foregoing report: 

New Orleans, Dec. 26, 1865. 

Gov. S. J. Crawford. . . a oca ^r. 

The 8th Kansas Infantry, 19 commissioned officers and 209 en- 
listed men, have been mustered out and placed en-route for l<ort 
Leavenworth. SHELDON STURG;E0N 

Brevet Lt. Colonel. 



18 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT 

OF THE 

ADJUTANT GENEPvAL. 



The following commuQication from the Provost Marshal General 
of the United States was received at this office January 5th, 1866, 
and is a full and satisfactory statement of our account with the 
General Government. 

"War Department, 
Provost Marshal General's Bureau, 
Washington, D. C, Dec. 28th, 1865. 
Gen'l. T. J. Anderson, 

Adjutant General of Kansas, Topeka. 

General — I am directed by the Provost Marshal General to 
acknowledge the receipt of your communication of 14th inst. re- 
questing "transcript statements from the records of P. M. G. O., 
showing the general accounts of debits and credits for troops raised 
by the State of Kansas, on all calls," and in reply to enclose such 
statement. I am General, Very Respectfully, 

. Your obedient servant, 

GEO. E. SCOTT, 

Major Vet. Res. Corps. 

STATEMENT SHOWING THE GENERAL ACCOUNT OF DEBITS AND 
CREDITS FOR TROOPS RAISED BY THE STATE OF KANSAS, ON 
ALL CALLS. 











g 










O -i»CP 










o£.o n 


Date 
of Can. 


For what period. 


Quota. 


Men fur- 
nished, 
credited. 


furnished 
which no 

I was made, 
credited ... 


1861 










April 15th 


For 3 months 






650 


May and July 


For 3 years 


3235 


6953 




1862. 










July 2nd. 


For 3 years 


1771 


2936 




August 4th. 


For 9 mos. (Reduced to 3 yrs 
standard) 


443 






1864 










February 1st. 


For 3 years 


3523 


2335 




March 14th 


For 3 years 


1409 


2563 




April 23d 


For 100 days 






441 


July 18th 


For 1, 2, or 3 years 


3723 


351 




Dec. 19th 


For 1, 2, or 3 years 

Credits for recruits raised under 
calls of 1863, and Vet. Vols, not 
heretofore credited (Allowed by 
the Adjutant General of the 
Army, in 1865) 


1222 


829 
3039 














15326 


19006 


1091 




Surplus, 


3680 








19006 


19006 





T. J. ANDERSON, Adjutant General. 



QUARTERMASTER GENERAL's REPORT. 19 



REPORT 

OF THE 

QUARTERMASTER GENERAL 



STATE OF KANSAS, 



Office of Quartermaster General, 

ToPEKA, December 31st, 1865. 

To His Excellency, S. J. Crawford, 

Governor of Kansas and Commander-in-Chief: . 

Sir: — I have the honor to submit the following report, as Quar- 
termaster General, Commissary Subsistence, and Ordnance officer, 
for the year ending November 30th, 1865. 

The duties required of the Quartermaster General, as enumera- 
ted in Section 6, Chapter 49, of the laws of Kansas of 1865, are as 

follows : 

"The Quartermaster General shall also be Ordnance officer, and 
Commissary of Subsistence, and shall have the care and superin- 
tendence of all the State arms, accoutrements, camp equipage and 
military stores, belonging to the State, and shall have power to rent 
a suitable building for a State armory and put the same in a suitable 
condition for such use, and to employ persons to clean and keep in 
good condition all arms and ammunition belonging to the State, and 
provide for the transportation of the same to any place they may be 
ordered, by the commander of the division. All requisitions for 
arms, ammunition and military stores, shall be made on the Quarter- 
master General." 

In my report of June last, I stated "that having but recently 
assumed the duties devolving upon me as Quartermaster General, it 
was impossible for me to render an intelligible report explaining the 
exact condition of the Quartermaster's department." 

I have deemed it necessary to embrace in this report, a period ex- 
tending far back of the date of my assuming the duties of this 
office. I have not given a complete statement of the number and 
condition of arms, equipments, and other property of which I have 
charge, (now in the hands of the State militia) for the reason that I 
have as yet been unable to procure the proper returns accounting 
for this property. I prepared proper blanks for returns and for- 
warded to each of the commanding officers of companies and regi- 
ments, requesting them to fill the same and return them to this 
office : but many of these returns already received are incomplete and 
require considerable time and trouble to get them into proper shape. 



20 QUARTERMASTER GENKRAL's REPORT. 1865 

It has been a difficult task to obtain a knowledge of the where- 
abouts of Ordnance and Quartermaster's property in the State. I 
have found it very freely scattered throughout the State, and but 
very little evidence in this office to show to whom it had been issued, 
or where it could be found. 

It is to be regretted -that the amount of public property received 
and disbuj-sed by this office during the earlier days of our Territorial 
and State organizations, was not more fully committed to record, on 
books of this office, but instead of this the property accounts are 
found only among bonds, receipts and loose papers generally, to- 
gether with the fact that many important papers containing neces- 
sary data, have been lost or misplaced during the several changes 
this office has undergone, and the information contained therein, 
not having as yet been entirely replaced, will prevent me from carry- 
ing out my intention as fully as I had hoped to be able to do. 

I have experienced another difficulty in the way of the discharge 
of the duties of this office, which of course existed to a great extent 
in the beginning, that is the want of a well arranged law governing, 
not only this, but all the military departments of the State, clearly 
defining the duties to be performed by each, fixing the responsibility 
resting upon every officer, and fully setting forth in detail, a rule of 
official conduct which would govern every militia officer in the State. 

My duties during the past year have been chiefly confined to the 
Ordnance department. Abstract "A" (*) hereto attached will ex- 
hibit the number of all classes of arms received and remaining on 
hand and amount and calibre of ammunition. 

Abstract "B" (*) will exhibit the amount and kind of Quarter- 
master's property received and remaining on hand. 

In abstract "0" (*) will be found a statement of Ordnance and 
Ordnance stores issued by "officers" to Kansas State Militia, since 
June, 1861, as per bonds and receipts now on file in this office. 

Abstract "D" (*) exhibits the full amount of Ordnance and Ord- 
nance stores, drawn by officers of Kansas State Militia from Fort 
Leavenworth arsenal since 1861. 

In statement "E" (*) will be found the amount of Ordnance and 
Ordnance stores, and the money value thereof, charged to the State 
of Kansas in Ordnance Office, Washington, D. C, and to otfset the 
quota of arms due the State, under laws of 1808 ; this statement does 
not embrace any of the Ordnance and Ordnance stores drawn at 
Fort Leavenworth arsenal, since February, 186i, as exhibited in ab- 
stract "D", making the State indebted to the General Government 
about three hundred thousand dollars, over and above our quota of 
arms due under laws of 1808, which sum will be chargeable to fu- 
ture quotas, to which the State may become entitled. 

*Abstracts "A," " B," "C," "D" and "E" are extensive tabular statements. 
As these accounts liave been adjusted with the United States it is not deemed 
necessary to reproduce them in this reprint of the Quartermaster General's re- 
port.— S. M. F. 



1865 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S REPORT. 21 

In statement "F" will be found the indebtedness of the State — 
in the Quartermaster's department — for the years 1861, -2 and -3, 
the same not having been paid "for want of funds," in this depart- 
ment. I would respectfully suggest that an appropriation be made 
to pacy the remainder of these claims, fifteen hundred and nineteen 
and T u dollars. ( 81,519.08). 

• In compliance with your orders in August last, Col. J. K. Rankin, 
Paymaster General of the State, turned over to me the sum of one 
thousand dollars of the military funds then in his hands, of which 
sum, I have disbursed nine hundred and ninety-seven iVj dollars, 
as shown by statement hereto attached marked "G" and I have on 
hand the sum of two and j^j dollars. 

I have prepared a suitable building for an armory, in which I 
have stored all the Ordnance and Ordnance stores and Quartermas- 
ter's property that has been collected during the year, and now ac- 
counted for as "on hand" in Abstracts "A" and "B" hereto 
attached. 

I have also procured suitable books both for accounts and returns, 
in which they can be properly kept. 

With my sincere thanks to your Excellency for the uniform kind- 
ness and forbearance with which I have been favored, and for the 
ever ready counsel which I have freely sought and received at your 
hands. I have the honor to be, 

Very respectfully, 

Your obedient servant, 

D. E. BALLARD, 

Quartermaster General. 



22 



QUARTERMASTER GENERAL S REPORT. 



Statement of military scrip outstanding and unpaid for years 
1861, 1862 and 1863. 



No. of 
certificate. 



31 
59 
65 
68 
79 
126 
143 
171 
172 
215 
225 
226 
227 
228 
232 
234 
235 
239 
240 
241 
242 
243 
244 
245 
246 
247 
248 
251 
258 
259 
260 
261 
262 
263 
264 
265 
266 
267 
268 
269 
270 
271 
272 
273 
274 
275 
276 
277 
286 
287 
288 
289 
290 
291 
292 
293 
294 
295 
296 
297 
299 
New series 2 
3 
4 



To whom issued. 



James A. Coffey 

Preston Garret 

Miles Morris. 

R. B. Southard 

Joseph S. Leach & Co. 

John Veleto 

W. D. Beeler 

Blakely & Martin 

A. B. Hills 

Lewis Veleto 

Frank Cowan 

McDonald & Co 

McDonald & Co 

J. A. Keeler 

John Foreman 

S. F. Atwood 

J. Hayton 

John Morehead 

David Wilder 

William Warner 

Mathew Ward 

William Warner 

Charles Higby 

Charles Higby 

J. F. Kostch 

J. B. Brady 

J. B. Brady 

Harrison Culvert 

F. C. Renner 

Bulletin Printing Co.. 



Harrison Bizzard , 

Bulletin Printing Co. 

J. W. Dooley 

John Osborn 

L. Smith 

P. Bancroft 

Thos. Cummings 

J. F. Martindale 

C. Bembrick 

Jacob Stolils 

Jesse Brown 

John Turner 

Lawrence Schlichtin. 

John J. Ingalls 

John J. Ingalls 

John J. Ingalls 



I certify that the above statement is correct. 

D. E. BALLARD, Quartermaster General. 



QUARTERMASTER GENERAL S REPORT. 



23 



"G" 
Statement of claims paid during the year ending November 30th, 
1865. 

State of Kansas, j 

Treasurer's Office, [- 
Topeka, November 30th 1865. \ 
Received of Col. D. E. Ballard, Quartermaster General of Kansas, 
certificates issued by the Military commission under the laws of 1864, 
and signed by the Auditor of State, as commissioner, of the follow- 
ing numbers and amounts : 



No. of 
certificate. 



To ■whom issued. 



Amount. 



6 
237 
70 
254 
236 
238 
223 
224 
220 
New series 1 



Hovey, Edwards & Co. 

Adam Brenner . 

McHenry, Downs & Co 

James F. Walker 

Jolin Z. Zimmerman . . 

John Ofjau 

Macdouald ik Co 

Macdouald <k. Co 

John James 

E. C. Maning 



$44.40 
40.00 

350.00 

140.00 
42.12 

120.45 
3.00 
2.50 

208.00 
47.50 



All of which certificates, amounting in the aggregate to the sum 
of nine hundred and ninety-seven and yVs dollars, have been depos- 
ited in the State Treasury. Yv^jyr qpjjiqqs 

Treasurer. 



24 PAYMASTER AND INSPECTOR GENERAL's REPORT. 1865 



REPORT 

OF THE 

PAYMASTER AND INSPECTOR GENERAL 

OF THE 

STATE OF KANSAS. 



Paymaster and Inspector General's Office, 

ToPEKA, Kansas, December 31, 1865. 
To His Excellency, Samuel J. Crawford, Governor and Com- 
mander-in-Chief of the Militia of Kansas: 

Sir: — In compliance with the laws of the State, I have the 
honor to transmit to you myannual report as Paymaster and In- 
spector General, for the year 1865. 

I received from Major Chadwick, Paymaster General on the 
etaflf of Major General Deitzler, the following invoice of money and 
pay rolls, viz: 

Transferred to Colonel John K. Rankin, Paymaster General, 
State of Kansas, the pay- rolls of the State militia described below, 
upon which rolls there has been paid, and there is remaining un- 
paid, the amounts set opposite the name of each Captain, of their 
respective rolls, in columns headed respectively, "Paid" and "Un- 
paid", viz : 

Names of Captains. Paid. Unpaid. 

Captain John Downiog $2,536:50 8395.00 

George H. Hume, 3,682.00 116.00 

Horace Pardee 1,410.67 176.00 

C. M. Stevens, 2,252.67 186.00 
W. H. Waterhouse 3,285.00 112.00 
T.S.Wilson 1,537.67 34.00 

D. C. Brubaker 348.30 
Ed. Lowman 454.52 22.00 
Robert Hiner 3,082.10 
Watson Stewart 68.30 
W. H. Hiner 1,325.00 
Anderson Williams, 73.00 

Also turned over to said Rankin, the sum of seven thousand six 
hundred dollars ($7,600). viz: A check on W. H. Lykins for three 
thousand five hundred dollars (83,500) and a check on First Na- 
tional Bank, at Leavenworth, for four thousand two hundred dollars 
($4,200). 

Lawrence, Kansas, February 28, 1865. 

CHARLES CHADWICK. 



1865 PAYMASTER AND INSPECTOR GENERAL's REPORT. 25 

Under the provisions of the law regulating the payment of the 
militia, it is provided that when a regular payment is made, "all 
claims not then paid or demanded, shall thereafter be payable at 
the office of the Paymaster General;" all such claimants have been 
promptly paid. 

Company "A", Captain D. C. Brubaker commanding, and Com- 
pany , Captain Watson Stewart commanding, lola Battalion, 

were paid at lola and Humboldt, during the month of August — 
that being the earliest time designated by the commanding officers. 

I intended paying Company Regiment, Captain Will- 
iams commanding, at Eureka, Greenwood county, at the same 
time, but was unable to get there, on account of the high water in 
the Neosho river. 

In October the Auditing Board turned over to me the rolls of the 
2nd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, Northern District, for payment from the 
10th to the 13th of November, pursuant to notice given through the 
paper published at Troy the county seat of Doniphan county. I 
paid the regiment at that place. 

In November, the old Auditing Board, through their clerk, 
turned over to me the rolls of Captains R. J. Hiner, W. H. Hiner 
and John Downing, of Miami county; also of Captain Ed. Lowman 
of Lawrence, upon which they had placed additional names, which 
were also paid during the same month. 

These are all the rolls that have been received from the Auditing 
Board during the year ; making a total of nineteen companies and the 
field and staff of the 2nd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, Northern District, 
paid, or partially paid, during the year, and a total disbursement of 
four thousand five hundred and ninety-eight dollars and ninety-six 
one-hundredths ($1,598.96). There yet remains due upon the rolls 
in my hands and "payable at my office, two thousand eight hundred 
and thirty dollars and forty-five one-hundredths ($2,830.15), which 
with one thousand five hundred and nineteen dollars and eight one- 
hundredths (81,519.08) due in the Quartermaster's Department, and 
about twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) in the hands of the Audit- 
ing Board, or yet to be presented, make a total of nearly twenty-five 
thousand dollars ($25,000) necessary to relieve the State from all in- 
debtedness for services of the militia, up to the 8th of October, 1861. 

Pursuant to the following order, I have turned over one thousand 
dollars ($1,000) to the Quartermaster General: 

"Headquarters, State of Kansas, 
Adjutant General's Office, 
Special Orders, / Topeka, August 21, 1865. 

No. 8. \ 

I. Colonel John K. Rankin, Paymaster General of Kansas, will 
turn over the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) of the military 
funds now in his hands, to Colonel D. E. Ballard, Quartermaster 
General of Kansas, for payment of claims allowed prior to October, 
1864. S. J. CRAWFORD, 

Governor of Kansas." 



26 PAYMASTER AND INSPECTOR GENERAL's REPORT. 1865 
RECAPITULATION. 

Received of Major Chadwick, $7,600.00 

Turned over to the Quartermaster General, $1,000.00 

Paid 2d Reg't, 2d Brig., Northern District, .... 2,986.86 

Captain C. M. Stevens' Company, 155.00 

Horace Pardee's " 16.00 

" George H. Hume's " 47.00 

" T. S. Wilson's " 34.00 

" Ed. Lowman's " 88.00 

John Downing's " 920.00 

R. J. Hiner's " 53.00 

" W. H. Hiner's " 100.00 

" Watson Stewart's " 68.30 

" D. C. Brubaker's " 120.80 

85,588.96 $7,600.00 
Remaining on hand, 2,011.04 

$7,600.00 $7,600.00 
Amount still due upon rolls in office, $2,830.45. 

REPORT AS INSPECTOR. 

It not having been deemed expedient to order Brigade or Regi- 
mental drills during the past year, there has been no personal in- 
spection of the militia; consequently I am unable to report as to the 
effective strength, drill, discipline, and general military deportment. 

In accordance with your instructions, I proceeded to Doniphan 
county and had such corrections made in the pay-rolls of the 2d and 
3d Regiments, 2d Brigade, Northern District, as accorded with the 
facts in the case; thereby saving to the State over eight hundred 
dollars ($800.00), and aiding very materially in having them correctly 
audited and speedily paid. 

The result of the tour along the border and to Humboldt has 
already been laid before you. 

The report of Ordnance and Ordnance Stores in the hands of the 
militia, as shown by Abstract "A"* giving the number, kind, cali- 
bre and condition, through the culpable neglect of some of the 
Regimental and Company commanders, is not complete: the reports 
are however, coming in, and I trust I shall soon be able to make a 
full and complete report. 

The Quartermaster General has rented, at the Capital, a stone 
building conveniently situated on Kansas Avenue, as an Armory, in 
which he is storing the surplus arms as rapidly as they can be col- 
lected. Having just received a large invoice from Lawrence, as yet a 
large number have not been boxed. They are forwarded to the Ar- 
senal in all conceivable conditions, and require much labor to assort, 
clean and properly store them. The amount, number, kind and 
condition of the Ordnance and Ordnance Stores now in the Arsenal 
is shown by Abstract "B."* 

I have the honor to be. 

Your Excellency's most obedient servant, 
J. K. RANKIN, 

Paymaster and Inspector General. 

* Abstracts "A" and " B" have not been deemed of sufBcient importance to re- 
produce in this reprint.— 8. M. F. 



ADJUTANT GENERAL'S REPORT. 



1866. 



ADJUTANT GENERAL'S REPORT. 



State of Kansas, Adjutant General's Office, I 
TopEKA, November 30th, 1866. ;. 

To His Excellency, Samuel J. Crawford, Governor and Commander- 
in-Chief: 

Sir: I have the honor to submit to your Excellency the annual 
report of the Adjutant General's Department for the year 1866, ex- 
hibiting as much in detail as may be necessary for public informa- 
tion, the transactions of the department during the past year. 

STATE MILITIA. 
Brigade, regimental, battalion and company organizations of the 
State militia have not been materially changed during the year. 
The following comparative exhibit will show the number of enrolled 
militia in the several counties of the State, as far as reported to this 
office by the clerks of the respective counties; and also the number 
of enrolled militia in the same counties for the year 1865. 
Counties. Enrollment 1865. Eurollment 1866. 

Atchison, 1,259 estimated 1,500 

Allen, 395 278 

Anderson, .' 291 estimated 390 

Bourbon 929 715 

Butler, 50 estimated 70 

Brown, 334 estimated 400 

Coffey, 279 307 

Qlay^ 33 estimated 100 

Chase, 140 estimated 200 

Cherokee, 300 

Douglas, 1,394 1,236 

Doniphan, 570 estimated 1,100 

Davis, 190 280 

Dickinson, 80 estimated 150 

Franklin, 300 ''35 

Greenwood, 100 '. estimated 100 

Jefferson, 550 561 

Jackson, 309 391 

Johnson 402 estimated 800 

Linn, 600 985 

L^ on, 399 estimated 600 

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Counties. Enrollment 1865. Enrollment 1866. 

Leavenworth, 4,340 5,284 

Morris, 166 201 

Marshall, 371 426 

Miami, 443 850 

Nemaha, 331 376 

Neosho, 158 estimated 200 

Osage, 158 119 

Ottawa, estimated 90 

Pottawatomie, 357 450 

Riley, 100 203 

Shawnee, 500 834 

Saline, 137 estimated 200 

Shirley, 40 

Wyandotte, 326 353 

Wabaunsee, 116 185 

Washington, 50 estimated 100 

Woodson, 173 estimated 150 

Wilson, 50 estimated 150 

Total 16,205 21,514 

The county assessors in many counties failed to return to the 
county clerk, as required by section 8 of the militia law, approved 
February 13th, 1865, the number of persons in their respective 
counties subject to military duty. This department has, therefore, 
estimated these counties failing to make returns, based upon the 
number of votes polled at the last election. This estimate is certainly 
much less than the actual number subject to duty under the law. 

The present militia system, which organizes the entire enrolled 
militia of the State, is not effective, and should be amended. Owing 
to the hostile attitude of the Indian tribes on our western border, 
an effective militia organization should be maintained, limited in 
numbers and thoroughly equipped and armed by the State. This 
force should consist of not less than four regiments of ten companies 
each, the maximum to consist of not more than one hundred officers 
and men, each, and the minimum to consist of not less than fifty 
officers and men, each, to be organized, armed, drilled and disci- 
plined, under such regulations as may be properly prescribed. The 
minimum of said organization to be filled and at all times kept full 
by draft from the enrolled militia unless previously filled by volun- 
tary enlistment. An organization of this kind could be made 
effective, and would alway.s be ready for active duty. 

The arms, equipments, camp equipage, munutions of war, and 
all other military property belonging to the State not required for 
arming this force, should be collected at the capital of the State, a 
suitable arsenal provided for storing them, and an armorer employed 
by the State to keep them in proper condition. 



1866 ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 

REPORT OF MAJOR GENERAL CLOUD. 

Headqcarters Kansas State Militia, ) 
ToPEKA, Kansas, November 30, 1866. \ 

Colonel T. J. Anderson, Adjutant General of Kansas: 

Sir: In obedience to section 21, militia laws of Kansas, approved 
February 13, 1865, I have the honor to submit the following report: 

No change has taken place in the organization of the militia force 
of the State. No reports have been received from any of the subor- 
dinate officers during the year. 

The peace and safety of the State remained inviolate until the 
month of May last, when Indians of uncertain numbers and of un- 
known tribes, depredated upon the settlements by killing a man 
named August Millot, on the 13th, while making improvements upon 
his farm on the Solomon ; also by killing six men, respectively named 
Haynes, Roberts, Tallman, Castle, and two brothers named Collins, 
while hunting upon the prairies, fifteen miles west of Lake Sibley, 
on the Republican, which occurred about the 20th. 

In July, the settlements upon White Rock river were assailed by 
Indians, who robbed the citizens of property and violated women in 
th3 most inhuman manner. 

In Auguet, the settlers upon Lulu creek, a tributary of the Solo- 
mon, were driven off, their fields of grain, &c., destroyed, and the 
citizens warned not to return, upon pain of death. This was done 
by Pawnees and Omahas, without doubt. The settlers' fields • 
upon the upper Republican were also destroyed. In October, a 
party of hunters upon the Solomon were driven in, barely escaping 
with their lives. In November, a man named Fox was killed while 
hunting, west of Lake Sibley, in company with another citizen, who 
escaped after a hard chase. 

To these outrages may be added others committed upon travelers 
who were not citizens of our State; petty robberies and thefts con- 
tinuously committed when opportunity occurred, principally upon 
citizens of the counties of Clay, Republic and Shirley. 

In obedience to orders from headquarters of the State, I visited 
these localities several times to inquire into the facts of their expos- 
ures and sufferings, to organize the militia, and to ascertain who 
were the guilty parties and identify them if possible. Finding evi- 
dence implicating the Otoes, Pawnees and Omahas to an extent 
which warranted further investigation, and being authorized and 
directed from headquarters so to do, I proceeded to Omaha, Ne- 
braska, and communicated with Col. Taylor, Superintendent of the 
Northern tribes, making request that a delegation from those tribes 
should meet me and the citizens of the suffering settlements, at Lake 
Sibley, about the 15th of October, and proceed to an investigation of 
facts before the officers of the law. I hoped by this means the iden- 
tity of the tribes could be determined by the arrows and other signs 
left upon the ground. A reply from Colonel Taylor — embracing de- 



6 ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 1H66 

cieions from the Interior Department, refusing the request and for- 
bidding the attendance of Indians at the council — was received by 
me as I was starting to the place of meeting. This made the investi- 
gation result unsatisfactory. About the same time, in an interview 
with Colonels Leavenworth and Wynkoop, Agents of the Kaws and 
Cheyennee, I was informed that in the month of May a party of 
Cheyennes met and killed six men between the Solomon and Repub- 
lican, under circumstances which they claimed justified the act. 
This refers without doubt to the party before mentioned, and should 
be investigated to the furtherest extent. 

The outrages to which our citizens have been subject have been 
perpetrated by Indians who have their reserves beyond the State, 
and coming into the settlements in roving bands they commit crimes 
and retire leaving no positive proof of their identity. 

To protect the settlements, a military post should be established 
in the vicinity of the exposed localities, and as the State is hot per- 
mitted to keep a standing army, the troops should be furnished by 
the General Government. 

Having been assured that the troops required for an emergency 
could not be obtained when necessary, I published a circular calling 
for the organization of companies of "minute men," who could be 
placed in the field by the State at a moment's warning, and from 
many parts of the State, chiefly the suffering localities, have had a 
generous response, but have been unable to perfect an organization 
for want of legislation. 

Great inconvenience has been experienced in the movements of 
the scouting parties and the companies of militia upon the border, 
for want of cavalry arms. To remove this and provide for the future, 
I have made attempts to obtain an exchange of arms with the Gen- 
eral Government, but up to this time have been unsuccessful. 

I have the honor to recommend that the militia laws be so 
amended as to authorize the organization of an active force, of suffi- 
cient strength and armament to pursue and punish any future de- 
predators, and also that the outrage of the past be followed up with 
a thorough investigation by persons authorized and empowered to 
do so. 

I would recommend that efforts be made to induce the General 
Government to establish a military post, of suitable strength, in such 
a locality as will protect the settlers upon the Republican and Solo- 
mon rivers, and would urge it by every consideration involving the 
interests of citizens and commonwealth. 

For the sake of brevity, I have withheld from publication the 
correspondence had in the before-mentioned investigations, all of 
which is on file at these headquarters. 

I have the honor to be, most respectfully, your obedient servant, 

W. F. CLOUD, 

Major General, K. S. M. 



l«66 ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 7 

PRICE RAID CLAIMS. 

In obedience to an act of the Legislature, approved January 30, 
186G, appointing an agent to proceed to Washington to secure the 
reimbursement, by the General Government, to the State, of the 
money expended by the State for military purposes since the com- 
mencement of the war, and also to secure indemnity for expenses 
incurred and losses sustained in the Price raid, I proceeded at once 
to Washington and submitted the claims to the Honorable Secretary 
of War, by whom they were indorsed as follows: 

" War Department, February 5, 1866. 
"Referred to General Ketchum for examination and report as to 
what parts of claim require legislation. 

EDWIN M. STANTON, 

Secretary of War." 

The claim for money expended by the State for military purposes 
since the commencement of the war, amounting in the aggregate to 
one hundred and forty-six thousand nine hundred and twenty-one 
dollars and forty-five cents, (BliQ,92iAo,) was returned to me by 
General Ketchum, with the following indorsement: 

" War Department, February 6, 1866. 
"A portion of the expenditure, it is asserted, was for expenses in- 
curred for troops actually mustered into the United States service. 
The act approved 27th July, 1861, provides for the settlement of such 
accounts at the Treasury, when proper vouchers shall be filed and 
acted upon by the proper auditing officer of the United States, but 
where the troops have not been mustered and received into, or em- 
ployed in the service of the United States, accounts therefor cannot 
be settled at the Treasury without legislation. 

W. SCOTT KETCHUM, 
Brevet Major General, Acting Inspector Oeneral." 

The claim for expenses incurred and losses sustained in the Price 
raid, received the following indorsement by the same officer: 

"The expenditures having been incurred for troops not mustered 
into the United States service, they cannot be adjusted at the Treas- 
ury without t"he action of Congress." 

After conferring with our Congressional delegation, a bill similar 
to that presented by the State of Missouri, for like claims, and which 
subsequently became a law, was prepared and introduced into the 
Senate of the United States by Hon. S. C. Pomeroy, on the 23d day 
of February, 1866, read twice and referred to the Committee on 
Military Affairs and the Militia, and ordered to be printed. 

I then submitted to the Committee the following statement, viz: 

"Statement in reference to the claim of the State of Kansas for 
indemnification for expenses incurred in the support of her militia 
during the rebel invasion, in 1864. 

April 9, 1866 — Ordered to be printed to accompany Senate bill 
No. 259. 



8 ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 1866 

Washington, D. C, March 1, 1866. 
To the Honorable Committee of Military Affairs of the Senate, Con- 
gress of the United States: 

Gentlemen : Having been appointed an agent by an act of the Leg- 
islature of the State of Kansas, approved January 30, 1866, to secure 
the indemnity by the General Government to the State of Kansas for 
expenses and debts incurred in the support of the militia in expelling 
rebel invasion, by the forces under Price, in 1861, I have the honor 
to submit the following statement of facts, explaining, in as short 
and succinct manner as possible, the nature and amount of these 
claims. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

T. J. ANDERSON, 
Adjutant General of Kansas. 

In the fall of 1861 it became well ascertained that Gen. Price, 
with a large rebel force, was moving upon Missouri, and a general 
apprehension began to be manifested by the citizens of Kansas that 
either by choice he might march, or, from force of circumstances, he 
might be driven across the State of Missouri and into Kansas, in 
order to make more safe his return to the south with the plunder it 
was reasonable to suppose he would obtain upon his route. After 
hie movement against Pilot Knob, and the advance of his army to 
Franklin and Herman, and finally to Jetferson City, these apprehen- 
sions settled into convictions, and urgent appeals were made to the 
executive that he summon to the defence of the State and the sup- 
port of the Union forces concentrating to withstand the rebel ad- 
vance, the militia of the State. The commander of the military 
department. Major General S. R. Curtis, representing the Federal 
Government, and understanding best the necessities of the country 
and the feeling of the Federal authorities, united in these appeals, as 
the following dispatches will exhibit, for prompt and thorough action 
upon the part of the State authorities. Consequently, on the 8th 
day of October, 1861, the subjoined proclamation, embracing the 
telegrams of General Curtis, and accompanied by the order for mus- 
ter and organization of Major General Deitzler, commanding State 
militia, was issued and promulgated with the utmost celerity to all 
portions of the State : 

PROCLAMATION. 

State of Kansas, Executive Department, ( 
ToPEKA, October 8, 1861. \" 

The State is in peril ! Price and his rebel hosts threaten it with 
invasion. Kansas must be ready to hurl them back at any cost. 
The necessity is urgent. The extent of that necessity the subjoined 
communication from Major General Curtis, to me, will establish : 

Headquarters Department of Kansas, ( 
Fort Leavenworth, October 5, 1864. ) 
The rebel forces under General Price have made a further advance 
westward, crossing the Gasconade, and are now at the railroad bridge, 
on the Osage, about fifteen miles below Jefferson City. Large Fed- 
eral forces about St. Louis and below, tend to drive him toward 
Kansas. Other motives also will induce his fiendish followers to seek 
spoils and vengeance in this State. To prevent this, and join in ef- 
forts to expel these invaders from the country, I desire that you call 
out the entire militia force, with their best arms and ammunition, 
for a period of thirty days. Each man should be provided with two 
blankets or a buffalo robe for comfort, and a haversack for carrj'ing 
provisions. No change of clothing is necessary. I want this force 
assembled on the border, mainly at Olathe, as soon as possible. For 
that purpose let farmer's teams, with provisions and forage, be em- 



1866 ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. V 

ployed to hurry them forward. I will do all in my power to provide 
provisions and public transportation, but I hope every man will be 
as self sustaining as possible, and be ready to join me in i>rivation8, 
hardships and dangers, to aid our comrades in Missouri in dpstroying 
these rebel forces before they again desolate the fair fields of Kansas. 
It is necessary to suspend business and labor until we are assured 
our property and earnings are not within the grasp of unscrupulous 
marauders and murderers. Confidently believing, Governor, that 
your Excellency and all loyal citizens will concur with me in the pro- 
priety of this very important demand, and give me your hearty co- 
operation and assistance, 

I have the honor to be. Your very obedient servant, 

S. R. CURTIS, 
Major General Commanding Department. 
His Excellency, Governor Thomas Carney. 

"United States Military Telegkaph, ( 
Fort Leavenworth, October 8, 1864. \ 
The line is now cut this side of Sedalia. This indicates a rebel 
move by somebody west or south. Hurry up the militia. 

S. R. CURTIS, Major General." 
Governor Caeney. 

United States Military Telegraph, [ 
Fort Leavenworth, October 8, 1864. ) 
To Governor Carney : I request that you issue the call. Let the 
militia turn out. If not needed they will of course be discharged. 
Their call and collection would enable us at least to give an impetus 
to Price's departure. In your prompt response to my requests here- 
tofore, I am sure we have saved the State from desolation. Let us 
do it now. The enemy is now near Sedalia and a fight is expected 
to night. They have burned Syracuse, Lamine and Otterville depots 
to-day. You see, they seem moving steadily westward. Delay is 
dangerous. S. R. Curtis, Major General. 

Kansans rally ! You will do so, as you have always promptly done 
when your soil has been invaded. The call, this time, will come to 
you louder and stronger, because you know the foe will seek to glut 
his vengeance upon you. Meet him, then, at the threshold; and 
strike boldly — strike as one man against him. Let all business be 
suspended. The work to be done now is to protect the State against 
marauders and murderers. Until that is accomplished, we must lead 
a soldier's life and do a soldier's duty. 

Men of Kansas, rally! One blow, one earnest, united blow, will 
foil the invader and save you. Who will falter? Who is not ready 
to meet the peril? Who will not defend his home and State? To 
arms then! to arms and the tented field, until the rebel foe shall be 
baffled and beaten back. Major General Deitzler will assume com- 
mand of the brave men of Kansas, and issue the necessary orders. 

THOMAS CARNEY, Governor. 

GENERAL ORDERS No. 1. 

Headquarters Kansas State Militia, ) 
ToPEKA, October 9, 1864. ) 
In pursuance of the proclamation of the Commander-in-Chief, of 
the 8th instant, the militia of Kansas will turn out and rendezvous 
immrdiatelu at points indicated below: 

Doniphan, Brown, Nemaha and Marshall counties, at the city of 
Atchison, under Brigadier General Sherry. 

Atchison, Leavenworth, Jefferson, Jackson, Pottawatomie, Riley, 



10 ADJUTANT general's REPORT Wbb 

Davis, Wabaunsee, Shawnee, Douglas and Johnson counties at 
Olathe, under Brigadier General M. S. Grant. 

Wandotte county, at the city of Wyandotte, under Major E. S. 
Hubbard. 

Miami, Franklin, Osage, Morris and Lyon counties, at Paola, 
under Brigadier General Fishback. 

Linn, Anderson and Coffey counties, at Mound City, under Briga- 
dier General S. N. Wood. 

Bourbon, Allen and Woodson counties, at Fort Scott, ucder Briga- 
dier General J. B. Scott. 

Commanders of brigades and regiments will promptly prepare 
their respective commands for active service for thirty (.30) days, 
unless sooner discharged, and see that each man will bring two 
blankets, a tin cup, knife and fork, a haversack, and also a cotfee 
pot and frying pan for every five men. Let each regiment and de- 
tachment brinyr ample transportation, and all the rations possible, 
but there must be no delay on any account. The General Govern- 
ment will undoubtedly pay all proper charges for such transporta- 
tion and supplies, and will furnish rations and forage at the points 
indicated in this order, as far and as soon as possible. Let eacti 
man come with such arms as are at hand, and a full supply of am- 
munition. As the campaign will be a short one, no change of 
clothing will be necessary. Until further orders, the headquarters 
will be at Olathe, to which point all returns and communications 
will be sent. 

By order of Geo. W. Deitzler, Major General, Kansas State 
Militia. JOHN T. MORTON, 

Assistant Aiijutant General. 

Never was an appeal for help answered so promptly. In most 
instances, on the next day, or the second day after the receipt of the 
proclamation at regimental headquarters, the regiment itself, in full 
force, was on the march for the rendezvous designated by the com- 
manding General. And it was only in exceptional cases, where the 
regimental district embraced several counties in extent, that the 
third or fourth day was required before the command could take up 
its line of march. 

On the 10th day of October the Federal commander of the De- 
partment, deeming the emergency so great as to warrant the most 
thorough and even extraordinary proceedings, issued a proclamation, 
declaring martial law throughout the State, and calling into active 
Sdrvice all not included in the Governor's proclamation, between 18 
and GO years of age, and of whatever color. 

W^hat few had failed to respond to the call of His Excellency, 
rallied under this subsequent summons of the Federal commander, 
not merely in obedience to a sweeping military order, as such, but 
from the simple fact that the necessity of their presence became ap- 
parent, and, in obedience to the dictates of duty and patriotism, the 
entire male population of the State capable of bearing arms rushed 
to the defence of the Commonwealth and the Republic. 

Twenty-four regiments and four battalions, numbering 13,412 
men, promptly reported at the designated rendezvous, and subse- 
quently, when the hour for the impending battle arrived, it found 
the large body of the militia of the State in the vicinity of Kansas 
City, Mo., Westport, and the Shawnee Mission. The militia par- 
ticipated in the battles of Westport, Big Blue, Little Blue and Hick- 
man's Mills, and assisted the Federal troops in vanquishing the 
large and powerful rebel army, without which assistance the results 
of the campaign would have at least been doubtful. 

The enemy having been utterly routed, on the 27th of October 



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the following proclamation was issued from the Executive oflRce, dis- 
banding the militia and thanking them for the prompt and un- 
equalled manner in which they responded to the call, and the gallant 
and successful resistance made by them to the encroachments of the 
rebel army : 

PROCLAMATION. 

Executive Department, / 
ToPEKA, Kansas, October 27, 1864, ) 
No invader's foot treads the soil of Kansas. Price and his robber 
horde have fled ingloriously before our heroic soldiery. I congratu- 
late you. It is cause for congratulation to the State and to the 
country, for the defeat of the marauders is sweeping and complete. 
Commanders of brigades, regiments, battalions and companies will 
march their respective commands to the counties to which they be- 
long, and there disband them, making a careful record of the term 
of service of each man, and see to it fSp'^ciriUii that proper receipts 
are given for all property taken or received while in the field or on 
their march homeward, so that each man may obtain pay for all 
services rendered or means furnished during the time the militia of 
the State have been in active service. 

All claims arising for forage, subsistence, transportation and fuel, 
under the proclamation of October 8, 1864, from these headquarters, 
calling into active service the militia of the State, will, by direction 
of Major General Curtis, be presented to Major General Deitzler for 
adjustment, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, 
for payment by the General Government. 

THOMAS CARNEY, 
Governor and Commander-in-Chief. 

A full and detailed statement of the services of the militia is con- 
tained in the Adjutant General's Report of the State of Kansas for 
the year 1864, pp. 46-76, a copy of which is herewith transmitted. 

By an act of the Legislature, entitled "An act to provide for the 
expenses of the militia, and for the payment of claims and damages 
arising out of the Price raid in 1864," approved February 10, 1865, 
the Secretary of State, Adjutant General and Attorney General were 
declared a board of commissioners to examine, audit and allow all 
just claims, properly authenticated, for services by the militia, &c. 
A copy of said act, together with the report of the board of com- 
missioners, is herewith transmitted, marked "A." 

The board has audited claims, not including damages to property, 
to the amount of $505,190.21. Certificates have been issued for a 
portion of this amount, and will be issued for the balance in due 
time. These certificates are held by the citizens of the State, and 
the State, from her own resources, will be unable to pay them for 
years to come. T. J. ANDERSON, 

Adjutant General of Kansas. 

This report was followed by a letter from General Blunt, which 
was also ordered to accompany the bill ; the following is the letter : 

Washington, D. C, March 19, 1866. 

Sir: — At the request of Hon. S. J. Crawford, Governor of Kan- 
sas, I have the honor to submit, for the consideration of your com- 
mittee, the following statement relative to the calling out and 
supplying the militia forces of Kansas in the fall of 1864, to act in 
conjunction with the regular forces in operating against the rebel 
army under the command of General Sterling Price. 

About the first of October, 1864, I was ordered in from the plains 
to relieve Major General George Sykes in the command of the Dis- 



12 ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 1866 

trict of South Kansas, (Department of Kansas,) and on the 10th day 
of said month did, by order of Major General Curtis, (commanding 
Department,) assume command of said District, and of the troops in 
the field, in the campaign against the rebel army under Price. 

It was understood that Price's command, with which he was 
moving westward, on the line of the Missouri river, numbered over 
twenty thousand, which estimate subsequently proved correct. To 
meet this large force there was not to exceed three thousand five 
hundred volunteer troops in my district, and none that could be con- 
centrated there from any other point as soon as they would be re- 
quired ; therefore the only means of obtaining sufficient force for 
operations against the enemy was in calling out the militia of the 
State. This was done by Major General Curtis, commanding the 
Department: in general orders declaring martial law, and command- 
ing all between the ages of 18 and 60 years to report immediately for 
duty. To this demand a prompt response was made, and during the 
campaign against Price that ensued, all of the militia were at differ- 
ent times under my command, and participated in the series of bat- 
tles from the 19th to the 20th of October. They were at all times, 
after they reported for duty, until discharged by the Department 
commander, subject to the same rules and regulations and penalties 
as troops of the regular or volunteer army, and were at all times 
under the immediate control of Federal officers. 

After they reported to me, and whenever it was practicable to do 
so, they were furnished with subsistence, transportation, forage and 
quartermaster's supplies, the same as in the case of other troops, by 
my staff commissary and quartermaster. 

The greater part of the service rendered by these militia was not 
in Kansas but in Missouri, five of the six engagements being fought 
in the latter State. They occupied the same status during the time 
they were under the orders of Federal officers as did other troops. 
They were called out to supply the place of regular troops that could 
not be procured to meet the emergency, and answered the call under 
great disadvantage and loss to themselves. 

The claims presented to the Government, included in the bill 
before your committee, in addition to payment for services while ac- 
tually employed, are for subsistence, transportation, forage and 
quartermaster's supplies, where these could not be jfurnished by 
officers of the commissary and quartermaster's department, as be- 
fore stated, and for horses and other property lost in battle. When 
these irregular troops could not be furnished with supplies or trans- 
portation by officers of the staff department of the General Govern- 
ment, their officers purchased or took from the citizens what was 
required, giving them memorandum receipts for the same, with an 
understanding that these receipts would be taken up and the ac- 
counts settled by officers of the General Government, for supplies 
for which the Government had received full benefit. 

After the campaign against Price was concluded. General Curtis, 
commanding the Department, was about to take measures for the 
settlement of these claims for supplies and transportation, when upon 
learning that Hon. James H. Lane, United States Senator, had in- 
troduced a bill into Congress to provide for their adjustment, and 
upon assurances from General Lane that the bill would pass, nothing 
further was done by General Curtis in the matter, and these claims 
of the citizens of Kansas for supplies for the use and benefit of the 
General Government still remain unsettled. 

Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 

JAMES G. BLUNT, 

Late Major General United States Volunteers. 
Hon. Henry Wilson, 

Chairman Committee on Military Affairs, U. S. Senate. 



1866 ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 13 

This statement was accompanied with a report of the State Board 
of Military Commissioners, reporting the aoaounts then audited, and 
also the claims in possession of the board not passed upon, for which 
indemnification was asked, amounting in the aggregate to S505,- 
190. 20, excluding claims allowed for damages, amounting to $91,750.83. 

The original bill was modified by the Military Committee of the 
Senate, and the amount reduced, to claims for services rendered, 
material furnished and transportation, then audited by the State 
Board, amounting to $259,474.13, in which form the bill passed the 
Senate and went to the House for final action. On the 4th day of 
July following, I received a telegram from Hon. Sidney Clarke, re- 
questing me to return to Washington at once, as the bill was in 
danger of being defeated. I accordingly repaired at once to Wash- 
ington, and ascertained that the bill as passed by the Senate, and 
which gave the State less than one-half the amount justly due, had 
been referred to the Special Committee on the War Debt of the 
Loyal States, reported favorably by that committee and referred to 
the Committee on Appropriations. The Chairman of that Com- 
mittee, Hon. Thaddeus Stevens, decided that there was no precedent 
for paying these claims, they never having been assumed and paid by 
the State, and recommended that the bill go to the Committee on 
Claims, and it was so referred. I appeared in company with the 
Hon. Sidney Clarke, before this committee, and made a detailed 
statement of the whole matter. The committee, however, failed to 
report the bill before the close of the last session of Congress, and it 
now remains in their possession. I am quite certain, and am strength- 
ened in my opinion by the views of our Congressional delegation and 
others who should know, that the bill will not pass the House in its 
present condition ; that the State will have to assume the debt and 
make provisions for its payment before Congress will take action 
thereon. The States of Missouri, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Mary- 
land and Vermont had claims of a like character, which the States 
themselves assumed and paid and Congress fully indemnified all of 
them. I therefore respectfully suggest that your Excellency recom- 
mend the payment of these claims by the State at an early date. 

The claims audited by the Board of Commissioners up to Novem- 
ber 1st, 1866, are as follows : 

Services rendered, $197,317.34 

Materials, supplies and transportation furnished, 152,530.54 

Damages sustained, 106,806.05 

Miscellaneous claims, 36,290.90 

Total $492,944.83 

There are in the possesion of the board a number of claims re- 
ceived after the Ist day of November, 1866, which they could not 
act upon. 

The claims of the State against the General Government, for 
money expended by the State for military purposes, since the com- 
mencement of the war, amounting in the aggregate to two hundred 



14 ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 1866 

and twenty-four thousand two hundred and forty-six and eighty- 
four one hundredths dollars, is more than covered by the bill re- 
ported by the Special Committee on the War Debt of the Loyal 
States, during the last session of Congress, which provides that 
there shall be reimbursed by the United States, to each of the 
States that furnished troops to the Union army, a sum equal to fifty- 
five dollars for each man duly enlisted in the military or naval serv- 
ice of the United States during the late war, the total number 
being reduced to a uniform standard of three years' service, and 
which gives to the State of Kansas the sum of one million twenty-five 
thousand nine hundred and seventy dollars ($1,025,970.00). This 
bill, it is confidently expected, will become a law during the present 
session of Congress. 

BATTLE FLAGS. 
Under the provisions of a joint resolution of the Legislature of 
1866, the battle flags and colors carried by Kansas troops during the 
rebellion, have been neatly and properly inscribed with the names of 
all battles in which the troops of the different commands were en- 
gaged, and on the 4th day of July last, in accordance with a circular 
from this office, these honored trophies were formally transferred to 
the State, by representatives present from every regiment and bat- 
tery — Major General James G. Blunt representing the soldiers in the 
presentation address, and your Excellency responding on behalf of 
the State authorities. These flags and colors are now in possession 
of this office, and as many of them are in a dilapidated condition, 
from long and continued use in the field, I recommend that some 
suitable place be prepared for their reception, that they may be 
properly preserved. Other States are making liberal appropriations 
fur this purpose, and Kansas should not be behind other States in 
this important matter. 

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE. 

The expenses of the office during the year have been as follows: 

Clerk hire, 83,500.00 

Postage, 200.00 

Office rent, 300.00 

Blank books, 100.00 

Inscriptions on battle flags, 138.00 

Paymaster and Quartermaster's contingent fund, 200.00 

Total, Si,438.00 

The appropriations for this department during the following year, 
in addition to the amount to be appropriated for salary of Adjutant 
General, should be: 

For clerk hire, $2,500.00 

office rent, 300.00 

postage, 300.00 

blank books, 100.00 

contingent fund, 300.00 

clerk hire, deficiency for 1866, 850.00 

postage, deficiency for 1866, 50.00 

traveling expenses, deficiency, 150.00 



l!«Br, ADJUTANT GENERAL's REPORT. 15 

During the year the records of our volunteers in the Union 
armies have all been put in pernaanent and well-bound record 
books, prepared for the purpose, and are now as complete as they 
can be made from the data on file in this office and the War Depart- 
ment at Washington, and will compare favorably with those of any 
other State. These records are permanent and easy of access. The 
correct military history of any soldier from the State can be ob- 
tained by reference to these volumes, in a few moments. This 
system of record is of great value in answering the numerous appli- 
cations received at this office, from discharged soldiers and their 
heirs, for evidence of enlistment, service and discharge. The corre- 
spondence of the office has greatly increased since the passage of the 
act at the last session of Congress, allowing the soldiers additional 
bounty. The correspondence with the Pension Bureau has also 
greatly increased since the close of the war; indeed, nine-tenths of 
the pensioners in the State receive the official evidence required by 
the Pension Bureau from this office. The correspondence between 
the War Department — Adjutant General's, Quartermaster General's, 
Commissary General's and Ordnance offices — and the muster-out 
officers of Kansas regiments, is all conducted through this office, 
for the reason that the address of all, or nearly all, the officers of 
the State is unknown at the War Department, and the immenpe 
business of the Department, consequently, is greatly facilitated by 
direct communication with this office, where the address of all our 
officers is known. 

Full and complete military histories of nearly all our regiments 
and batteries have been furnished, in obedience to requests from this 
office, as also the personal histories of many of our officers, which 
histories have been transcribed into the record books of their respect- 
ive commands, and there remain for future reference and informa- 
tion. Provision should be made for publishing an Adjutant 
General's Report, covering the entire period of the War. Every 
other loyal State is completing and making public the heroic deeds 
of their brave sons in this manner, and why should Kansas, having 
furnished more troops to the Union armies, in porportion to her popu- 
lation, than any other loyal State, and lost more of her sons in battle ; 
having never paid her soldiery a dollar of local bounty, while other 
States have expended their millions in this direction, refuse, now 
that the war is ended, to give her defenders a record that can with 
pride be transmitted to other States, and furnished to our own citi- 
zens for further reference and information? 

I therefore recommend that your Excellency adopt such measures 
as will authorize to be issued from this office, an Adjutant General's 
Report which shall embrace the names, residence, date of enlist- 
ment and muster, date and cause of discharge or death of every 
f fficer and soldier enlisted in the military or naval service of the 
United States, during the war, with such regimental, company and 
personal histories, relating to the State or United States service, as 
may be of public interest. 

With great respect, I have the honor to be 

Your Excellency's most obedient servant, 
T: J. ANDERSON, 

Adjutant General. 



REPORTS 

OF THE 

ADJUTANT GENERAL 

AND 

QUARTERMASTER GENERAL 

FOR THE YEAR 1867. 



ADJUTANT GENERAL'S REPORT. 



State of Kansas, ) 

Adjutant General's Office, [ 

ToPEKA, November 30th, 1867. ) 

To His Excellency Samuel J. Crawford, Governor and Commander- 
in-Chief: 

Sir: In obedience to your order of August 19th, 1867, I assumed 
the duties of this office and have the honor to submit to your Ex- 
cellency the annual report of the Adjutant General's Department for 

the year 1867. 

STATE MILITIA. 

The organizations have not been materially changed during the 
year. One or two additional battalions have been organized. The 
following exhibit will show the number of enrolled militia in each 
county as returned to this office. The County Clerks of many of the 
counties have failed to make the proper returns of the enrolled mi- 
litia of their respective counties and some of those returned are evi- 
dently incorrect. Bourbon County in 1865 returned 929, in 1866 
715 and in 1867 only 641 — a gradual decrease. Instead of showing a 
continued decrease it should evidently show a rapid increase — es- 
pecially in Bourbon County. 



Names of Couniies. 


Enrollment 
in 1865. 


Enrollment 
in. 1866. 


Enrollment 
in 1867. 


1 Allen 


395 

291 

1,259 

929 

334 

50 

140 



33 



279 



190 

80 

570 

1,394 





300 

100 

309 

550 

402 



4,:«0 . 


278 



715 




300 

40 

307 


280 

9 
1,236 



735 
.0 

391 

561 





5,284 


565 









1,628 




641 




588 


B Butler ^^■■■ 





7 Cha<e 


236 


8 Cherokee 

9 Clay 



*496 


10 Cloud • 





11 CofEev 


669 


12 Crawford. 





13 Davis. - 












1,070 




1,501 


17 Ellis. . 





l-j Ellsworth 

19 Franklin 













456 


22 JetIer-;on 










24 Labette 





23 Leavenworth — 


4.053 



* Received January 10, 1868. 



(3) 



ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 



Names of Counties. 



Enrollment 
in 1865. 



Enrollment 
in 1866. 



Enrollment 
in 1867. 



26 Linn 

27 Lyon 

28 Marion 

29 Marshall 

30 Miami 

31 Morris 

32 Nemaha 

33 Neosho 

34 Osage 

35 Ottawa 

36 Pottawatomie 

37 Riley 

38 Saline 

39 Shawnee 

40 Wabaunsee . .. 

41 Washington... 

42 Wilson 

43 Woodson 

44 Wyandotte 



600 

399 



371 

443 

166 

331 

158 

158 



357 

100 

137 

500 

116 

50 

50 

173 

326 



985 





426 

850 

201 

376 



119 



450 

203 



834 

185 







353 



1,132 





375 





305 



214 



425 

423 



946 

278 





213 

486 



From the foregoing comparative exhibit it is very evident that 
some of the County Assessors either failed to comprehend their duty 
or failed to do it; and also that they in different counties did not un- 
derstand their respective duties alike, for some counties with double 
the voting population of others do not return half the number of en- 
rolled miHtia. 

The militia organizations of the State do not meet the demands 
and exigencies of the times. There should be from two to five regi- 
mental organizations filled either by voluntary enlistments or by 
draft from the enrolled militia; these well armed and equipped would 
be able to render more effective service in a sudden emergency than 
the entire enrolled militia as now organized. 

The protection of the frontier is a matter of deep solicitude to 
every reflecting citizen of the State and ample protection should be 
guaranteed them — if not from the general government then by the 
State. Were it not for these worthy pioneers our south-western 
and western counties would still be the roaming ground of the de- 
ceitful savage; and the more eastern counties of our State would be 
subject to the same trials and troubles which now disturb and dis- 
tress the more remote. The fact that these troubles do exist has 
been a great draw back to immigration, from the fact that persons 
in the east unless thoroughly conversant with the geography of our 
State, cannot discriminate between those portions thus disturbed by 
Indians and the balance of the State; they suppose that every por- 
tion of the State is alike subject to their inroads and depredations. 
This is very apparent from the hundreds of letters annually received 
at the State Offices making inquiries about Kansas and the Indian 
troubles. 

Whilst the citizens of every portion of the State, except the ex- 
treme frontier are perfectly safe from Indians, these facts are not 
generally known or understood by those wishing to emigrate to Kan- 
sas. But such protection should be afforded to those on the extreme 
border, as the more eastern portions of the State enjoy. They have 



**•'' ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 5 

not settled the remote frontier, because of aversion to civilized life, 
as many hardy pioneers did in former years but because they have 
not the means to purchase homes for themselves and families in the 
eastern portion of the State where all the good land is being held at 
greatly enhanced prices but from necessity go west of the sixth prin- 
cipal meridian where the government land has not yet been put in 
market but where all can be taken under the provisions of the Home- 
stead and Pre-emption law. 

Some measures should be adopted to prevent the Pawnee Indians 
from going through the settled portions of the State, in traveling 
from their reservation in Nebraska, to the Indian Territory on the 
south. Twenty-five or thirty good horses were stolen from settlers 
Iq Marion county at the time these Indians went south in Sept. last. 
About the same time a number were taken from the settlers on 
White Water river in Butler county. A portion of the last referred 
to, were found in the Witchitaw camp, at the mouth of the Little 
Arkansas river while I was there by your orders in the latter part of 
September last, the supposition was, and I think correct, that the 
Pawnees who were then visiting the Witchitaws were the thieves 
and not the latter. As they returned from the south horses were 
missing in every county, I am informed, through which they passed. 
They should be compelled to go west of the settlements when cross- 
ing the State. It should be made a crime to pass through. There 
are some whose peculiar love for the Indian appears to be so great 
that they consider them incapable of committing an outrage or 
wrong and pretend to believe that the stpaling is done by white men 
disguised as Indians; if so, then such persons if captured should be 
turned over to the military organization, of which there should be 
one in each of those counties, tried by Drum Head Court Martial 
and shot. 

If some way is not devised to prevent Ihe recurrence of such law- 
less acts, it must necessarily result in the settlers taking the matter 
in their own hands and preventing its continued recurrence by in- 
flicting the same summary process toward Indians as recommended 
to be meted out to white men in disguise. There should be squads 
or companies of from 20 to iO men organized in each of the frontier 
counties, armed with light carbines, of which the State at this time 
has a sufficient number, who should be paid by the State for the 
time actually spent in pursuing and re-capturing the stolen stock or 
whilst compelling the Indians to go west of these settlements or in 
driving them back whence they came. 

In obedience to your direction I proceeded to south-western Kan- 
sas in September and October to investigate the reports daily being 
made of acts of thieving and pillaging by the Osage Indians, I 
found there was almost universal complaint of stealiogof horses and 
cattle. These complaints have since been put in shape of affidavits, 
many of which have been transmitted to your office. It would be 
but justice to these settlers that before payment of annuities to the 



6 ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 1867 

Indians that a commission, one appointed by the Governor of the 
State and one by the Federal Government and let them select a 
third, who should meet near the line dividing the Indians and the 
settlements and let them hear all complaints and award such 
amounts to claimants as in their judgment would be just and right, 
and let the Indian agent be required to make payment of these 
claims first and then pay the balance to the tribe. 

EIGHTEENTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER BATTALION. 

During the month of July a battalion of four companies was or- 
ganized by authority from Lt. Gen. Sherman to protect the western 
settlements; to guard the employees of the U. P. R. W., E. D. and 
the travel on the great highways leading to the west and south-west. 
The battalion was commanded by Major H. L. Moore of Lawrence; 
formerly Lt. Col. 4th Ark. Cav. Co. A, by Captain Henry Lindsey, 
of Topeka, with Lieutenants Thomas Hughes and John H. Well- 
man; Co. B, Capt. Edgar A, Barker with Lieutenants John W. 
Price and Samuel Hybarger, succeeded by Francis M. Stahl; Co. C, 
by Capt. Geo. B. Jenness with Lieutenants Peleg Thomas and James 
Reynolds; Co. D, by Capt. David L. Payne with Lieutenants John 
M. Cain and Henry Hegwer. The battalion consisted of 358 officers 
and enlisted men. They were organized for a period of four months. 
They discharged their duties faithfully and received the commenda- 
tion of the officers of the regular army as good and faithful soldiers. 
About 10 per cent, of their number fell during their short term of 
service. The expenses incurred in the organization of this battalion 
and not paid by the U. S. Government will be found in the accom- 
panying report of Col. Haskell, Quarter Master General of the State. 

STATE ARMS. 

In the absence of the Qr. Master General and in accordance with 
your direction, I rented the wooden building in the rear of the 
capitol buildings at a cost of 813-.50 per month in which to store the 
State arms which were being rendered wholly worthless from being 
stored in the wet basement under the supreme court room in the 
present capitol buildings. 

September 7th, 1867, I issued special order No. 11, directing John 
Wright 19th R. K. S. M. to proceed to collect all the arms, equip- 
iBents, and other property belonging to the State in possession of the 
officers and enlisted men of his regiment in order to turn the same 
over to the proper authorities, to be issued to the Wilson county bat- 
talion. In Col. Wright's notice to the men to meet on the 2nd of 
November to muster and turn in their arms, he gave notice also to 
receive their pay arising out of the Price Raid, This latter appeared 
necessary to get prompt attendance; and to meet their expectations 
I felt duty bound to see that they got their pay without cost to them. 
I accordingly delivered their orders to the State Treasurer, but on 
account or scarcity of clerical force in his office furnished it from 



1S67 ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 7 

this office, got it in readiness and went to Leavenworth and paid them 
and received their arms. The room in Leavenworth, rented by Capt. 
French in which to store State arms, was costing §25 per month ; I 
therefore ordered the immediate shipment of all arms to this place, as 
the expense of boxing and shipping would not result in a9 great an 
outlay to the State as the continued use of the rented room and dis- 
continued further use of the building. 

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S REPORT. 

On taking charge of this office I continued the clerical force em- 
ployed by my predecessor, Col. T. J. Anderson, as they were all well 
qualified and thoroughly conversant with the duties required of 
them. I continued the work as begun by him and at this time have 
about 1500 pages of the report printed. 

There has been considerable difficulty in procuring the muster- 
out rolls and the necessary data for the report. Especially is it diffi- 
cult to get the data from which to prepare the military history of 
some of the volunteer regiments. A few officers have taken great 
interest in and rendered every facility, that the military histories of 
their regiments may be as nearly complete as possible; but others 
seem to take no interest in it whatever, or at least do not furnish the 
information necessary to the preparation of such histories as the 
valuable service rendered by their regiments entitle them. I am es- 
pecially under obligations to Major Bates, U. S. A., Chief Mustering 
Officer, St. Louis, Mo., for copies of muster-out rolls, reports of bat- 
tles, etc., from the records of his office. I expect to have the second 
volume completed some time during the month of February next. 
The report will consist of two volumes, containing about 1200 pages 
each. 

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE. 

The expenditures of the office for the year 1867 have been as fol- 
lows: 

Adjutant General's salary, $1,500.00 

Traveling expenses, deficiency, 150.00 

Clerk hire, deficiency for 1866, 850.00 

Clerk hire for 1867, 1,500.00 

Clerk hire, deficiency for 1867 1,815.25 

Postage, app. 8300 — S115, 185.00 

Blank books, 100.00 

Office rent 300.00 

Contingent fund, 300.00 

Case for battle flags, 150.00 

Postage deficiency for 1866, 50 . 00 

Appropriations necessary to meet the expenses of the office for 
the year 1868, in addition to the salary of Adjutant General: 

Clerk hire for Adjutant Gen. and Qr. Master Gen. office, . . $2,500.00 

Postage, 300.00 

Office rent, 300.00 

Contingent fund, 300.00 

Blank books, 200.00 



O ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 1867 

The foregoing estimate includes no expenses in connection with 
Quartermaster General's oflBce except clerk hire. 

PRICE RAID CLAIMS. 

In obedience to your orders I have had duplicate copies of all pay 
rolls made which are now ready for binding. The claims arising out 
of the Price Raid are as follows: 

On pay-rolls, 8218,398.75 

Material, supplies and transportation, 81,682.32 

Damages, 131,693.83 

Miscellaneous claims, 35,518.47 

Total, 8467,293.37 

Amount justly due the State of Kansas from the U. S. Govern- 
ment: 

Claims for expenditures for 1861 and 1862, 812,351 .04 

Allowed on the above claim, 9.360.82 

Balance due the State, 82,990.22 

Military bonds of 1864, 100,000.00 

Military bonds of 1866, 40,000.00 

Int. on the above, about, 30,000 .00 

Miscellaneous claims, about, 12,000.00 

Arising out of Price Raid, 467,293.37 

Aggregate, $652,283.59 

Of the 8218,398.75 for services, the following amount doubtless 
might have been paid under existing rules and regulations of the 
War Department: 

"A" Co. Colored battalion, 81,715.43 

"B" " " " 1,946.00 

"C" " " " 1,960.00 

"D" " " " 1,164.50 

" E " " " ( Capt. Edgerton's) 1,578.00 

Total, 88,323.93 

These companies formed no part or parcel of the regular militia 
of Kansas and were not subject to military duty under our laws, but 
by proclamation of Major General Curtis, commanding the depart- 
ment of Kansas, were ordered and mustered into the U. S. service at 
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, by Major Stanley for service against 
the invading army of rebel General Price. The field officers in con- 
nection with this battalion belonged to the volunteer service of the 
U. S. and assigned to that special duty by order of Major General 
Curtis. The battalion was mustered in, armed, equipped and sup- 
plied by the General Government. Sent on steamer to Kansas City, 
Mo., and marched from there to the front on Big Blue River, Mo. 
None refused to cross the line but went promptly to the front to dis- 
charge their duty. After the retreat of Price they were sent back to 
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, and retained in service for a period, in 
all, of thirty-two days, when they were relieved. 

In my opinion, if these claims were properly presented to the 



1867 ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 9 

proper officers of the Government they would be paid under existing 

laws. > i. *.• 

Of the $131,693.83 under the head of damages, the greater portion 
is for forage taken from the farmers. Major B. S. Jones, command- 
ing 3rd Iowa Cav. Vet. Vols., in report to Adjutant General Baker, 
of Iowa says: "Our brigade camped for the night on the State line 
between Missouri and Kansas, fed our hungry and jaded animals on 
corn and fodder from a fine field on the rich and free soil of Kansas, 
and rested fearless of an enemy." This forage was appropriated by 
the volunteer troops from necessity. The whole volunteer army 
foraged the night of the 2.3d, after the battle of Westport, from the 
fields of Kansas near the State line, in the neighborhood of Little 
Santa Fe They also burned the fences for fuel. The enemy did no 
damage until near the vicinity of Trading Post. That used by the 
Militia comes almost entirely under the head of supplies, as they 
were camped on the border a number of days and secured their for- 
age through the proper channels from day to day, but the volunteer 
army coming as it did, had no time, but to take it wherever it could 
be found There were a large number of horses belonging to the 
militia, then on the border, taken by the volunteer forces by orders 
of their commanding officers (theirs being either used up or killed), 
believing as they did, and I think, justly, that the circumstances 
justified the pressing into the service of any and everything that 
could be made available in the defeat or pursuit of the enemy. I 
am of the opinion that the claims of the character above mentioned 
might be paid under existing laws, as per act of July 4th, 1864. 
General orders No. 35 Q. M. D. Aug. 29, 186i. 

There are also large quantities of hay returned under the head of 
damages, which was issued by officers acting under orders of Gen- 
eral Curtis. 

These claims should be separated, and the person entrusted with 
the presentation of them to the proper departments of the Govern- 
ment should be so well versed in, and familiar with the character of 
the various claims as that he may thoroughly comprehend the busi- 
ness committed to him, that but little delay may result in securing 
that justice to the State and her citizens, which the U. S. Govern- 
ment will not refuse to grant when properly presented. 

The State expended $140,000 of her bonds in paying claims 
arising out of the war. 

Copies should be made of all the rolls and vouchers on which 
payment were made that they may also be presented in proper shape 
at Washington, for payment, and the deficiency between the face of 
the bonds and the interest thereon added should be covered by the 
certificate of the State officers, showing the cause of such deficiency. 
The legislature should provide for correcting mistakes in the 
pay-rolls. Muster-rolls made out by officers of the companies, show 
horses actually in service whilst the making of pay-rolls were after- 
wards intrusted to others and no allowance for horses. . 



10 ADJUTANT general's REPORT 1S67 

Some, furnishiog transportation, instead of sending vouchers to 
substantiate their claims, supposed it sufficient to have it certified 
to on the pay-rolls, consequently nothing was allowed them. 

It is but justice to the State of Kansas that the U. S. Govern- 
ment provide for the prompt payment of these claims arising out of 
the war for the suppression of the rebellion. 

Kansas promptly furnished her every quota of troops during the 
war to the Federal and none to the rebel army. Neither was it at 
any time necessary in this State to draw a portion of her regular 
troops from the front — from the face of the enemy to keep in sub- 
jection those at home. No heavy forces necessary to protect Gov- 
ernment property, none necessary to prevent captured deserters 
being taken from the proper military authorities: none necessary to 
enforce drafts, the loyalty of her citizens rendered it unnecessary, as 
in some States, to incur heavy expenditures for such purposes. 

With great respect, I have the honor to be 

Your Excellency's most obedient servant, 

J. B. McAFEE, 
x\djutant Gen'l. 



QUARTERMASTER GENERAL's REPORT. H 



QUARTERMASTER GENERAL'S REPORT 

For the Year 1867. 



J. G. Haskell, Quartermaster General. 
To His Excellency, Samuel J. Crawford, 

Governor and Commander-in-Chief: 
Sir: In obedience to your order of April 2Dd, 1867, I assumed the 
duties of Quarter Master General of the State of Kansas. 

The operations of this department under my administration have 
been extremely limited. Limited not by the absence of legitimate 
and proper work, but by the want of any funds whatever with which 
to prosecute necessary labor. 

Necessity has forced upoa the department a limited amount of 
duty and effort has been made to collect some of the State arms 
from the organized regiments of militia for the purpose of equipping 
destitute companies upon the extreme frontier for defense against 
Indian hostilities. The e.ffort has been attended with but partial 

The present militia organizations were effected during a period of 
national conflict. The regiments were composed largely of men of 
extreme migratory propensities; many have therefore changed places 
of residence, taking with them their arms. Dissolute men entered 
the organizations at a period of peril, and so soon as relieved, pawned 
their arms and left the State. Others having served during the 
Price raid without what they deemed adequate compensation, either 
neglect or refuse to give up their arms when called upon. The re- 
sult therefore, of collecting arms is far from satisfactory. The effort 
however has served a purpose and teaches an important lesson, viz: 
That the present militia organization has no effectiveness, is value- 
less. Immediate legislation should therefore either improve or 

abandon it. j .. ■ u <- 

The province however of the quarter master s dept. is to sup- 
ply" and not "to organize." I shall make no suggestions respect- 
ing organizations, but shall speak only of supplies. The supplies of 
army militia organizations furnished by the State are chiefly arms 
and arm equipments. The States obtain these from the General 
Government in accordance with the laws of Congress. 

Kansas with her thirteen years experience of almost constant 
strife, has from time to time drawn upon her quota or allowance of 
arms from the government so that the amounts now charged will re- 
quire years of the future to liquidate. At present while we are as- 
sured of national peace, we are quite as fully assured of Indian 
difficulties upon our frontier. A limited, yet an effective mill- 



12 QUARTERMASTER GENERAL's REPORT. isB' 

tia is a pressing necessity. Good arms should be at hand with which 
to furnish it. Can we obtain more from the government while so 
much is charged against us? With proper effort we may; but to do 
this however, it seems to me necessary that our accounts with the 
government be readjusted — doubtless many of the arms now charged 
to us upon proper investigation would again pass to our credit — and 
a step would therefore be taken toward obtaining good arms for a 
new organization. To accomplish this, labor is required, and labor 
must of necessity be paid for. The proper care and disposition of 
the arms now on hand and those which may come into our possession, 
demand that some safe and proper place of deposit be furnished at 
once. An arsenal or store house for State property of this class 
should be provided for at once, and the necessary labor employed to 
protect and properly care for it; without such provision, constant 
and almost incalculable losses must of necessity occur. 

An examination of the vouchers connected with the Price Raid 
claims will, I think, satisfy any one that very many of these claims 
can be allowed by the government under existing laws. The neces- 
sary clerk labor of making this investigation and properly adjusting 
the claims for allowance and settlement should be furnished at once. 
The department has disbursed no money under my administration. 
An abstract of expenditures made in recruiting and sending to the 
plains the battalion of the 18th Kansas cavalry, and also of collect- 
ing arms, transportation for arms &c., are on file in the Adjutant 
General's office, an appropriation for the payment of which should 
be made. 

I find floating about a small amount of certificates for the militia 
service, for which appropriations have heretofore been made, but 
which were inadequate. I have no data from which to estimate the 
amount, but believe it to be only a few hundred dollars. They should 
be provided for. 

Estimate for services and expenditures for the department for the 
ensuing year as follows: 

Clerk hire, §1,000.00 

One Armorer, 1,000.00 

One assistant armorer, 500.00 

For transportation of arms, 500.00 

For erection of armory, 10,000 . 00 

Total, 813,000 .00 

The State is now charged by the General Government with arms 
to the amount of about three hundred thousand (.300,000.00) dollars. 
By properly accounting for the arms lost in action, the artillery cap- 
tured by the enemy, &c., this amount may be reduced from thirty to 
fifty thousand dollars! And by proper care the balance may be 
saved to the State or at some future time returned to the govern- 
ment and the account cancelled. The judicious expenditure of 



QUARTERMASTER GENERAL's REPORT. 13 

about thirteen thousand dollars may save the State from a loss of 

^X^ drtir:ftCC'er Zr aeneral will be more or less 
laborious n if funds can be supplied for the much needed service 
uggeTd above, I will ask nothing for personal services. 
I have the honor, Governor, to remain 

Very respectfully, your Excellency s 

Most obedient servant 

J. G. HASKELL, 

Colonel and Quarter Master General, State of Kansas. 



REPORT 



OF THE 



ADJUTANT GENERAL 



OF THE 



STATE OF KANSAS 

FOR THE YEAR 1868. 



ADJUTANT GENERAL'S REPORT. 



State of Kansas, 1 

Adjutant's General's Office, [• 
ToPEKA, Dec. 30th, 1868. ) 
To His Excellency, N. Green, 

Governor and Commander-ia-Cbief. 
Sir:— In accordance with the requirements of law, I have the 
honor to submit to your Excellency the annual report of the Adju- 
tant General's Department for the year 1868. 

STATE MILITIA. 

The regimental organizations have not been changed during the 
year. 

There have been several independent companies organized for 
frontier protection. 

Through a misunderstanding of the law or its susceptibility of 
ambiguous construction, many of the counties have failed to make 
any returns to this office. 

The following will show the number of enrolled militia as per re- 
turns: 

1 Allen, 505 

2 Anderson, 

A Atchison 1,804 

4 Bourbon, 

5 Brown, 749 

6 Butler, ' 1«3 

7 Chase 292 

8 Cherokee, 

9 Clay 173 

10 Cloud, 168 

U Coffey, 725 

12 Crawford, 

13 Davis 

14 Dickinson, 

15 Doniphan, — 838 

16 Douglas, 3;004 

17 Ellis, 



18 Ellsworth, 156 

19 Franklin, 1,222 

20 Greenwood, ■■ 

21 Jackson, 620 

2i Jefferson, 

2S Johnson 1,018 



406 



805 



Labette 

Leavenworth 

Linn, 

Lyon 

Marion, 97 

Marshall 541 

Miami, 1,290 

Morris 2:^0 

Nemeha 490 

Neosho, 

Osage 

Ottawa, 

Pottawatomie, partial, 301 

Republic, 

Riley, 590 

Saline, 

Shawnee, partial, 375 

Wabaunsee, 330 

Wallace, 

Washington, 65 

Wilson 219 

Woodson 253 

Wyandotte, 1,0S2 



Whilst it may be necessary to continue the present system of en- 
rolled militia in the different counties of the State to meet any un- 
foreseen emergencies which may arise, there is still a greater 
necessity for at least two regiments of volunteer militia thoroughly 
organized, armed and equipped, composed of men living on the fron- 
tier or contiguous thereto, and so organized that at least one com- 

(3) 



4 ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 1S68 

missioned officer shall live in each settlement the most exposed to 
inroads from the Indians. It has been the belief, hope and expec- 
'tation of each successive legislature that Indian troubles had ceased, 
and that the ne«essity of arrangements for frontier protection no 
longer existed. Yet each year has only exposed the border to greater 
dangers, hardships, and sufferings. 

''In time of peace prepare for war" is an essentially necessary 
precaution in relation to Indian affairs. On the 7th of September, 
1867, I issued an order to Lieut. Col. John Wright, 19th Regt. K. S. 
M. Leavenworth county, Kansas, to collect all State arms issued to 
his regiment, that they might be distriVjuted along the western bor- 
der before the summer of 1868. 

It was found to be impossible to get the arms collected unless 
some other measures were adopted than merely the issuance of or- 
ders. Consequently the following order was issued: 

State of Kansas, 
Adjutant General's Office, 
General Orders, I ■ Topeka, Sept. 17th, 1867. 

No. 9. \ 

I. Every officer and soldier of the K. S. M. will be required tu 
properly account, by receipt from Company or Regimental Com- 
minder, for all arms, equipments and other State property in his 
possession — or for which he is accountable — or the person making 
application will be required to account for the property issued to or in 
the possession of the person or persons for whom he as agent or rep- 
resentative makes application, before the scrip (known as Price Raid 
Scrip) shall be issued in payment of services rendered the State of 
Kansas by such person, without which the amounts of such prop- 
erty will be deducted from the amounts due them. 
By order of the Governor, 

J. B. McAfee, A. G. 

Under this order about two hundred (200) stand of Maynard car- 
bines were gathered in before the authority to issue the order was 
called in question; after which it was impossible to collect any. 
Feeling that the protection of the frontier was a matter of very great 
importance not only to those living on the border but to the entire 
State, and that one of the first steps toward the consummation of this 
object was the arming of the settlers, I called the attention of a 
number of members of the Legislature of 1868 to this order as the 
only possible means whereby the return of the arms could be made 
sure. No action was taken then and it would be next to impossible 
cow to have them collected without a great deal of trouble. About 
the 5th of June the Cheyennes made a raid into the State as far as 
Council Grove for the purpose, as they said, of taking revenge on the 
Kaws for injuries received the preceding fall near Fort Zarah, Kansas. 

As they passed out they outraged one colored woman and robbed 
many of the settlers of all their clothing, bedding and provisions and 
drove off some stock and killed the cows belonging to some poor set- 
tlers without using them. The weather was so warm, however, that 
thev could not be made use of when found. In obedience to an order 



^m ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 5 

from his Excellency Governor Crawford, I went through the coun- 
ties through which these Indians passed and ascertained the facts as 
nearly as possible. 

In the month of July I made a tour of the Solomon and Repub- 
lican River settlements to ascertain the condition of affairs there, 
and from those long and well acquainted with frontier life and In- 
dian habits, was fully satisfied that their fears and apprehensions of 
danger were not unwarranted and consequently made application to 
General Sully, commanding at Fort Harker, for one company of 
cavalry to each valley for protection. He appeared as apprehensive 
of danger in those valleys as the settlers, but assured me he could 
not spare any soldiers, that all were actively engaged along the Ar- 
kansas River watching Indian movements. He bitterly condemned 
the policy of issuing arms to the Indians. 

July 29th I directed Col. Treat, 12th R. K. S. M. Atchison, Ks., 
to turn over all cavalry arms of his regiment with which to arm the 
border settlers. The settlers on the upper Solomon had about fifteen 
(15) Spencer guns of their own but no ammunition and could not 
procure any. I consequently purchased ammunition for Spencer 
guns and forwarded twenty Maynard Carbines and ammunition to 
Captain Moody, for the Asher Creek Settlement which he fortu- 
nately arrived with, a few days before the Massacre of August 13th 
and 14th. This settlement rallied and drove the Savages away but 
the settlers for thirty (30) miles this side were all driven down the 
valley to Minneapolis or Solomon City. Ten ( 10 ) citizens were killed 
and four (4)wounded, one of them Mrs. Bell afterwards died. She 
cooked for them all she had, they threw the coffee in her face, 
whipped her husband with their riding whips then killed him and 
put her and child (eleven months old) on a pony to carry her into 
captivity worse than death. She refused to go and was shot through, 
the ball entering the right of the spine and coming out through the 
left breast. In this condition she lived two weeks when death came 
to her relief. They speared the child in the head and back. On 
Buffalo creek (a branch of the Republican River in Jewell County) 
they killed Mr. White and carried his daughter (eighteen (18) years 
old ) into captivity and robbed the settlers of every thing. On the 
Saline River, their treatment of some of the women, was worse than 
death. 

The Government for which many of these settlers had braved 
dangers, endured hardships, sacrificed every thing but life for four 
(4) years and for which they had the right to expect protection, had 
through its Peace Commissioners, notwithstanding the protest of 
Gov. Crawford and others, armed and equipped these Savages for 
their bloody work. Immediately on receipt of dispatch of Indian 
Massacre on Solomon, Governor Crawford started for the scene of 
disturbance and I sent the following telegram to Col. English, com- 
manding at Fort Riley, Kansas. 
—9 



6 ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 1808 

ToPEKA, Aug. 15th, 1868. 
Col. English, Commandiog Fort Riley, Kansas. 

Col. : Will you please forw^ard, to Solomon City, one hundred (100) 
Spencer guns and ammunition to arm the Settlers in the Solomon 
valley, to protect themselves against Indians. 

J. B. McAFEE, A. G. 

To the above telegram I received the following : 

Fort Riley, Aug. 15th, 1868. 
Col. J. B. McAfee, A. G. State of Kansas. 

I have not the arms you ask for. I have done my best in sending 
you sixty-three (63) well armed men. 

T. C. ENGLISH, Major 5th Inf. 

Brevet Lieu't. Col. Commanding. 

Captain Snyder in command of this company, met me at Solomon 
city and marched day and night until he arrived at the scene of the 
Massacre. At my request he stationed his men on Brown's, Asher 
and Mortimer creeks thereby hoping to induce the citizens to return 
to their homes with assurance of protection. The wretched condi- 
tion of the settlers in the valley on account of the Indian Raid, can 
only be comprehended by being an eye witness thereto. 

Governor Crawford applied to the President of the United States. 
to the Secretary of War and to every one from whom he could hope 
to secure any assistance in affording protection to the frontier, but 
the whole matter appeared to be left to the management of Lieu't. 
General Sherman, who had repeatedly said that the Settlers have 
"no business on these lands," that "the officers of the General Gov- 
ernment would retain supreme control of aU military movements 
against the Indians, and that no separate State action would be tol- 
erated for one moment." 

To some of the appeals for protection he replied in a manner which 
evinced but little desire on his part to afford that protection which 
it was his duty to extend and their right to demand and expect. As 
well might the inquiry be made, what right had the Pilgrim Fathers 
to land at Plymouth Rock, as " what right have those people there." 

These lands have been surveyed by the Government, opened for 
settlement, land offices established, every inducement held out for 
their settlement and we here are only safe because these people are 
between us and danger. 

The Governor failing to secure any protection for the border, ex- 
cept that which General Sheridan could afford with the few troops 
at his command, issued the following proclamation : 

State of Kansas, Executive Office, 

ToPEKA, Sept. 14, 1868. 
The recent acts of atrocity perpetrated by hostile Indians upon 
citizens of Kansas, with other accumulative circumstances, indicate 
with unerring certainty that a general Indian war is inevitable. The 
United States forces in this Department are too few in number to 
answer the emergency, and the appeals of our frontier settlers for 
protection and redress cannot with honor be disregarded. 

The undersigned therefore hereby calls into active service, for a 



1S68 ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 7 

period of three months, unless sooner discharged, five companies of 
cavalry; to be organized from the militia of the State, for service 
upon the border. Each man will be required to furnish his own 
horse; but arms accoutrements and rations will be furnished by 
Major General Sheridan. 

One Company to be recruited in the Republian Valley will ren- 
dezvous at Lake Sibley; one Company in the Solomon Valley, will 
rendezvous at .■\yersburg, one Company will rendezvous at Salina, 
one Company at Topeka, and the remaining Company at Marion 
Center. 

Recruiting officers will be designated for each Company, and 
when notice of the organization of a Company shall have been re- 
ceived the men will be mustered and Company officers appointed. 
Each Company will consist of not lees than eighty (80) nor more 
than one hundred ( 100) enlisted men. 

As the State has no fund at present from which the men hereby 
called into service can be paid, it is expressly understood that all 
claims for service must await the action of the next Legislature. 

S. J. CRAWFORD, Governor. 

These companies were organized very rapidly and were soon at 
their respective posts of duty. The company at Lake Sibley, the 
one in Solomon Valley, the one in the Saline valley and at Marion 
Centre, were mostly recruited in the valley in which they were sta- 
tioned and had a personal .interest in the performance of their duty. 
They protected the frontier from the Nebraska line to Wichita at 
the mouth of the Little Arkansas River. 

No depredations were committed on the. frontier during their 
term of service, except in the Solomon valley, where on the 13th of 
Oct. four (4) men were killed and Mr. Morgan severely wounded and 
his wife, nineteen years of age carried into captivity. Whilst the 
Indians were committing these depredations, a portion of Captain 
Potts' company captured their camp with thirteen horses and mules, 
arms, clothing and many other things, including a shield containing 
thirty-nine (39) scalps; some of them white women's. They also on 
the 19th of September, just prior to the States troops taking the 
field, took Mrs. Bassett from her bed with her child only two days 
old to carry them into captivity, but having taken her a few miles, 
finding her too weak to travel, stripped her of her clothing and left 
her and her child on the prairie in almost helpless condition. 

The thirty-thousand (30,000) rations received from General Mor- 
gan, Chief Commissary of Subsistence, by order of General Sheri- 
dan on the 19th of September being nearly exhausted I sent the 
following telegram to General Sheridan. 

Topeka, Nov. 10th, 1868. 
Major General P. H. Sheridan, 

Commanding Department of the Missouri, Fort Hayes, Kansas. 
The sixty days for which you furnished the State troops with 
subsistence will soon expire. Do you wish them longer than the 
sixty days on the border. If so- will you please furnish subsistence. 
Governor Green has no means at his disposal to provide for them. 
Indians seen almost daily. The frontier must be abandoned if the 
State troops are removed unless regulars take their place. 

J. B. McAFEE, A. G. 



8 ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. ises 

To the above telegram the following reply was received: 

Fort Hayes, Kansas, 
Nov. 11th, 1868. 
General J. B. McAfee, Topeka, 

Your telegram of 10th received. Will advise that additional 
rations be furnished State troops. Will ask for the necessary au- 
thority. P. H. SHERIDAN.. 

Major Geu. U. S. A. 

From the foregoing it will be seen that General Sheridan re- 
garded the services of these troops necessary to the protection of the 
border. The General left for the field of active operations in a few 
days and General Sherman refused any more rations, consequently 
the troops could not be retained and in obedience to your orders, I 
directed the Captains to muster out their respective companies at 
once. These companies endured many privations and hardships 
during their term of service; many of them almost wholly destitute 
of winter clothing until a week or two before their muster out. 

Your predecessor, Gov. Crawford applied to the proper officers 
of the United States Government to get clothing issued to the 
State troops, but failed to get any, but got permission to purchase 
at cost price. I then addressed a communication to General Card, 
United States Quarter Master at Fort Leavenworth, to know if he 
would credit the State for the clothing until such time as the Legis- 
lature would provide for the payment; and also forward a price list 
with which to compare any proposals made by parties proposing to 
furnish the clothing. 

To the former he replied in the negative. He furnished a price 
list of clothing which was about 30 per cent higher than Mr. W. E. 
Sutliflf, of Lawrence, proposed to furnish it for. And in obedience 
to your orders to make the best possible arrangement, the contract 
was let to Mr. Sutliff at low rates, and he furnished a good article of 
clothing, and in every particular fulfilled his contract in a most hon- 
orable manner, and to the satisfaction of officers and men. 

The contract for furnishing corn was let, by your predecessor, to 
L. B. Houston, of Lawrence. His bid, or proposition, was consid- 
ered the most advantageous to the State; and from my own personal 
knowledge of the difficulties attending the fulfillment of this con- 
tract, know that it could not have been furnished at a less consid- 
eration. 

Every effort was made to have the border protected without call- 
ing State troops into the field, but failing in that, to have the State 
troops fed, clothed, foraged ttc. by the General Government. In 
this we met with partial success. 

On the night of Dec. 2d the building in which the State arms at 
Salina were stored was broken into and forty-three stand of Spencer 
arms complete and several thousand rounds of ammunition and some 
other property taken. In obedience to your ordeis, I appointed Hon. 
J. H. Prescott and G. E. Beates agents on the part of the State to 



ises ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. \) 

ferrit out and if possible to bring the guilty parties to justice. They 
ascertained the direction in which the arms had been taken, but the 
State having no funds to place at their disposal to defray expenses 
Ltc. could not get the necessary men, transportation &c, to pursue 
them over the uninhabited plains, toward Texas. 

The parties in the Western portion of the State crediting the 
State for forage, transportation, services &c. are all in needy cir- 
cumstances from the loss of crops and Indian depredations, and it is 
but an act of justice to them that provision be made at an early 
day for their payment. 

If provision was made for their payment during the month of 
January it would relieve many families now suffering for the neces- 
sities of life; and enable them to make the necessary preparations 
for the spring farming: without which many of them must abandon 
their homes. 

There will be a sufficient amount of money in the hands of the 
School Commissioners to invest in State bonds at any time after the 
meeting of the Legislature, to pay the more urgent and pressing 
claims. 

I have communicated the facts to Washington and have some 
grounds of encouragement to hope that provision will be made for 
those made destitute by the Indians, instead of furnishing it to the 
Indians, and have urged the payment of State troops protecting the 
border in the same manner as the payment of volunteers. 

It became very apparent to Maj. General Sheridan and the people 
of the West, that a general Indian war was inevitable and that the 
limited number of troops on the plains could not even protect the 
border and travel on the plains, much less wage an offensive war 
against them ; consequently the following 
PROCLAMATION. 

Executive Office, 
ToPEKA, October 10th, 1868. 

With scarcely any exception, all the tribes of Indians on the plains 
in Kansas or contiguous thereto, have taken up arms against the 
Government, and are now engaged in acts of hostility. The peace 
of the exposed border is thereby disturbed, quiet and unoffending 
citizens driven from their homes, or ruthlessly murdered, and their 
property destroyed or carried away. Infant children have been car- 
ried into captivity, and in many instances barbarously murdered: 
while women have been repeatedly violated in the presence of their 
husbands and families. 

Besides these instances of individual suffering, great public in- 
terests are being crippled and destroyed by this savage hostility. 
The commerce of the plains is entirely suspended. The mail routes, 
and the great lines of travel to the Territories and States beyond us, 
are constantly being blockaded, and are sometimes completely closed 
for the space of several days. 

Longer to forbear with these bloody fiends would be a crime 
against civilization, and against the peace, security and lives of all 
the people of the frontier. The time has come when they must be 
met by an adequate force, not only to prevent the repetition of these 
outrages, but to penetrate their haunts, break up their organizations. 



10 ADJUTANT general's REPORT, l^ns 

and either exterminate the tribes or confine them upon reservations 
set apart for their occupancy. To this end the Major General com- 
manding this department has called upon the Executive for a regi- 
ment of Cavalry from this State, as will be seen from the following 
communication: . 

Head Quarters Department of the Missouri, 
lu the field near Fort Hayes, Oct. bth, lb68. 
His Excellency, S. J. Crawford, 

Governor of Kansas, Hayes City, Kansas. ' 

Govermor: — Under directions received through Lieutenant Gen- 
eral W. T. Sherman, commanding Military Division of the Missouri, 
from the Hon. Secretary of War I am authorized to call on you for 
one (1) regiment of mounted volunteers to serve for a period of six (6) 
months, unless sooner discharged, against hostile Indians on the 
plains. I therefore request that you furnish said regiment as speedily 
as possible, to be rendezvoused and mustered into the service of the 
United States at Topeka, Kansas. 

The regiment will consist of one Colonel, one Lieutenant Colonel, 
three Majors, twelve Captains, twelve First Lieutenants, twelve 
Second Lieutenants, twelve Companies of one hundred (100) men 
each, including the required number of non-commissioned officers 
specified in the United States Army Regulations (1863), the pay al- 
lowances and emoluments of officers and men to be the same as that 
of United States troops. 

The men will be rationed from the time of their arrival at the 
rendezvous and will be furnished with arms, equipments, horses and 
clothing from the date of muster into the service of the United States. 
I have the honor to be very respectfully, 

Your Obedient Servant, 

P. H. SHERIDAN, 

Maj. Gen. U. S. A. 

Now therefore, I, Samuel J. Crawford, Governor of the State of 
Kansas, do call for volunteers from the militia of the State, to the 
number set forth in the foregoing letter from Maj. Gen. Sheridan ; to 
be mustered into the service of the United States, and to serve for a 
period of six (6) months, unless sooner discharged. It is desirable 
that the regiment shall be organized at the earliest possible moment, 
and with this in view recruiting officers will be appointed in various 
portions of the State. The Adjutant General will issue the necessary 
orders to carry this proclamation into effect. 

S. J. CRAWFORD. 

To this call the people responded promptly and in about two 
weeks' time a full regiment was organized, numbering over twelve 
hundred (1200) men, rank and file. The Regiment left camp at 
Topeka on the 5th of November and is now in the heart of the Indian 
country, to administer justice to those friendhj Indians holding 
captive white women and children, whose husbands and fathers they 
most inhumanly murdered. The regiment is in the best of hands 
and composed of most excellent material to accomplish the purpose 
for which it was organized. 

Major General Sheridan and the officers on duty under him in the 
State, have done every thing they could with the limited number of 
troops at their command, to render protection to the frontier people 
and were the entire management of Indian affairs in the hands of 
the War Department under the control of Major General Sheridan 



1S6^ ADJUTANT QENERAL's REPORT. 11 

and those with him, our border would never again be the scene of 
such a heart-rending massacre as that of Aug. 13th and 14th. The 
killed as far as can be ascertained, on the border and on the plains, 
within the limits of this State, during the year, number from eighty 
(80) to one hundred (100) persons. 

I have not all the necessary data from which to compute the 
amount of military bonds necessary to liquidate the indebtedness of 
the State for military purposes, but would estimate it from ninety 
to one hundred thousand dollars. 

EXPENDITURES OF ADJUTAN T GENERAL'S OFFICE FOR THE YEAR 1868. 

Adjutant General's Salary 81.500.00 

Clerk hire 1,000.00 

Office rent "^^^ !^2 

Postage 100.00 

Contingent fund 100.00 

Blank books 8-200, — $145. 5o.00 

Whole amount, 83,055.00 

Claim of the State of Kansas against the United States Govern- 
ment. 

Military bonds 1864 8100,000.00 

1866 40,000.00 

1868 30 000 00 

Balance due from 1861 and 1862 2,990.22 

Interest on above, about 40,000.00 

Miscellaneous claims, about 12,000.00 

Price raid 490,000.00 

Military claims of i868, about 100^00.00 

Whole amount 8814,990.22 

These claims against the Government with the vouchers on which 
they are based, should all in proper form, be sent to Washington in 
charge of some one thoroughly posted in relation to them, that they 
be presented at as early a day as possible, for the necessary legisla- 
tion looking to their payment. 

ADJUTANT GENERAL'S REPORT. 
The first volume was printed a year ago and sis hundred and 
eighty (680) pages of the second volume. On account of transfers of 
the BuUctin office to new companies, I have been unable to have the 
second completed. The work has been commenced but is not yet 
finished. The correspondence on the subject is on file in this office. 

IMMIGR.ATION. 

Immigration is no part of the duties of this office, yet in obedience 
to the orders of your predecessor I answered all the letters trans- 
mitted from the Executive office, ae well as many which soon began 
to come to this office. Having received information that thousands 
of Scandinavians were awaiting in Chicago, until their agents could 
select lands for them, I addressed a communication to Rev. Mr. Cer- 



12 ADJUTANT GENERAL S REPORT. 1868 

vin, Editor of "Hemlandet", a paper published in the Swedish lan- 
guage in Chicago. Their agents came and have already purchased 
a number of thousand acres of land. One of their agents assured 
me a few weeks ago that lands had been purchased for nearly a thou- 
sand families, and that before the first of July next he expected full 
fifteen hundred families in Kansas. 

When in Chicago in May last, I requested Hon. Thadeus H. 
Walker to assist me in procuring cheap fare from Chicago to Kan- 
sas. Through his efforts arrangements were made whereby imme- 
grants could come at the reduced rate of ten dollars and fifty cents 
(10.50) instead of the usual fare of twenty-three dollars and fifty 
cents (23.50). I communicated this reduction of fare at once to the 
Swedish paper at Chicago, and also wrote the following letter to 
General A. Anderson, Sup't. U. P. R. W. E. D. 

ToPEKA, Kansas, May 27th, 1868. 
General A. Anderson, 

Gen'l. Sup't. U. P. R. W. E. D., Lawrence, Kansas. 

General: — Rev. Larson, a Swede, visited Kansas a few weeks 
ago to look at the country in the interest of the Scandinavian Emi- 
grants. He informed me that several thousand would probably 
come to Kansas instead of going to Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin &c. 
if arrangements could be made whereby they could get here at 
nearly the same fare as to other States. Arrangements have been 
made whereby they could get through tickets from Chicago to Kan- 
sas City for ten dollars and fifty cents (10.50) each and additional 
baggage at similar reduced rates. Can arrangements be made with 
your road corresponding to the foregoing for immigration to Topeka, 
Manhattan, Junction Citj and Salina. On account of the severe 
famine last year in Sweden, thousands will leave for this country. 
Many also from Norway and Denmark. They purchase their tickets 
from Gotten berg to Chicago. 

There are several thousand now in Illinois, simply staying there 
until a location can be selected. Saline, Ellsworth, Ottawa, Clay, 
Cloud, Republic, Lincoln, Mitchell, Jewell and McPherson Counties, 
are most likely to be selected if satisfactory arrangements can be 
made. The advantages to your road as well as to the State, need 
no comment. Please inform me, at what rates you will pass them 
over your road, on the certificate of their agent at Chicago. 

Yours truly, 

J. B. McAFEE. 

To which the following reply was received: 

Lawrence, Kansas, June 1st, 1868. 
J. B. McAfee Esq., Topeka, 

Dear Sir: — Your favor of the 27th ult. to General Sup't. is re- 
ceived. In reply I have to say that we will make large concessions 
from our regular rates of fare to induce foreign emigrants to locate 
on the line of our road. If necessary less than half fare. Please in- 
form me where the Rev. Mr. Larson can be found and where the 
immigrants are now staying in Illinois, that are waiting for a loca- 
tion to be selected and whether ynu think it would be of any benefit 
to send good men to see them. Very respectfully, 

J. M. WEBSTER, G. T. A. 

P. S. We will make fare low enough to bring them, if they are 
satisfied with location. W. 



1868 ADJUTANT general's REPORT. 13 

I previously corresponded with Mr, Jones, of New York State, in 
relation to a Welsh colony and am recently informed that a large 
tract of land has been purchased in Osage county. 

The great famine in Sweden has been causing tens of thousands 
to emigrate to this country, a great portion of them might, with 
proper effort, be secured to this State. Large purchases have 
already been made in Republic, Jewell, Cloud, Mitchell, Ottawa, 
Lincoln, Saline and McPherson counties. Those having already 
settled in Republic county, are very apprehensive of Indian trouble 
and one raid might break up entirely the settlement and deter the 
others from coming to it. Some provision should be made to insure 
protection to them and the entire border. 

I have traveled considerably over the aforementioned counties 
and regard them as a very inviting field for immigration. 

Arrangements are being completed for cheap through fare from 
Chicago to Waterville, the terminus of the Central Branch Pacific 
Rail Road, for those going to the valley of the Republican River and 
its tributaries. 

Major O. B. Gunn, Sup't, O. B. U. P. R. R., agrees to pass im- 
migrants over their road from Atchison to Waterville, at half fare, 
viz., $3.00 and their freight at fifty cents (50) per hundred lbs. By 
this arrangement, emmigrants can get through from Chicago to 
Waterville at thirteen dollars and fifty cents (13.50), instead of 
twenty-nine dollars and fifty cents (29.50), usual fare. 

Thankful for the uniform kindness received at your hands, with 
great respect, 

I have the honor to be your Excellency's most obedient servant, 

J. B. McAFEE, Adjutant General. 



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